Fidaxomicin - the new drug for Clostridium difficile infection
Clostridium difficile is one of the many aetiological agents of antibiotic associated diarrhoea and is implicated in 15-25 per cent of the cases. The organism is also involved in the exacearbation of inflammatory bowel disease and extracolonic manifestations. Due to increase in the incidence of C. d...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Medical Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2015;volume=141;issue=4;spage=398;epage=407;aulast=Vaishnavi |