Prospective Multicenter Study of Chemotherapy-Induced Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile Infection in Patients With Lung Cancer: North Japan Lung Cancer Study Group Trial 1204

Prospective Multicenter Study of Chemotherapy-Induced Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile Infection in Patients With Lung Cancer: North Japan Lung Cancer Study Group Trial 1204

BackgroundDiarrhea post-antibiotic use is primarily attributed to mucosal lesions induced by Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI). Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy might have a higher risk of CDI even when prior antibiotics are not used. Thus far, the relation...

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Main Authors: Yukihiro Toi, Takao Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Harada, Taku Nakagawa, Yoshiaki Mori, Tomoya Kuda, Shunichi Sugawara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile
diarrhea
lung cancer
chemotherapy
prospective multicenter study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.685320/full

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