Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies againstClostridium difficileToxins
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- 21 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 362 (3), 197-205
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0907635
Abstract
New therapies are needed to manage the increasing incidence, severity, and high rate of recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection.Keywords
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