Interruption of Recurrent Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea Episodes by Serial Therapy with Vancomycin and Rifaximin
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- 15 March 2007
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 44 (6), 846-848
- https://doi.org/10.1086/511870
Abstract
Eight women who each experienced 4–8 episodes of Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea were given a 2-week course of rifaximin therapy when theyKeywords
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