Efficacy of prolonged tapered and pulsed vancomycin regimen on recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the Japanese setting: a case control study

Efficacy of prolonged tapered and pulsed vancomycin regimen on recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the Japanese setting: a case control study

Abstract Background According to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridioides difficile, oral vancomycin is to be used in vancomycin tapered and pulsed regimen (VCM-TP) for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). However, data on the efficacy of VCM-TP in Japanese patients with recur...

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Main Authors: Takumi Umemura, Aiko Ota, Yoshikazu Mutoh, Chihiro Norizuki, Takahito Mizuno, Koji Kozaki, Yoshiaki Ikeda, Toshihiko Ichihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Subjects:
Vancomycin
Vancomycin tapered and pulsed dose regimen
Clostridioides difficile infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40780-019-0147-1

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