Initial therapy affects duration of diarrhoea in critically ill patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)

Abstract Background Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk for developing Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). Risk factors predicting their mortality or standardized treatment recommendations have not been defined for this cohort. Our goal is to determine ou...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carolin F. Manthey, Darja Dranova, Martin Christner, Andreas Drolz, Stefan Kluge, Ansgar W. Lohse, Valentin Fuhrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2648-6