Acid suppression therapy does not predispose to Clostridium difficile infection: the case of the potential bias.

Acid suppression therapy does not predispose to Clostridium difficile infection: the case of the potential bias.

OBJECTIVE: An adverse effect of acid-suppression medications on the occurrence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been a common finding of many, but not all studies. We hypothesized that association between acid-suppression medications and CDI is due to the residual confounding in comparis...

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Main Authors: Lena Novack, Slava Kogan, Larisa Gimpelevich, Michael Howell, Abraham Borer, Ciarán P Kelly, Daniel A Leffler, Victor Novack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4208782?pdf=render

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