Fidaxomicin after Vancomycin for Patients with Multiple C. difficile Recurrences.
Aged; Treatment Outcomes; Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Vancomycin – Administration and Dosage; Recurrence – Prevention and Control
Watkins Richard R
Hospital Medicine Alert
2012
2012-12
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Fidaxomicin More Effective than Vancomycin for Clostridium difficile Infection in Cancer Patients?
Cancer Patients; Randomized Controlled Trials; Double-Blind Studies; Vancomycin – Therapeutic Use; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Confidence Intervals – Utilization; Odds Ratio – Utilization; Fidaxomicin – Therapeutic Use; Recurrence – Prevention and Control
Watkins Richard R
Infectious Disease Alert
2013
2013-12
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Tapered antibiotics with kefir may be effective in recurrent C. difficile infection.
Cultured Milk Products; Antibiotics – Administration and Dosage; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Feces – Microbiology; Probiotics – Therapeutic Use
Watkins Richard R
Infectious Disease Alert
2014
2014-09
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Fecal Transplant vs. Oral Vancomycin Taper for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection.
Recurrence; Costs and Cost Analysis; Enema; Administration; Oral; Treatment Outcomes; Randomized Controlled Trials; Cost Benefit Analysis; Microbiota; Transplant Donors; Vancomycin – Therapeutic Use; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Clostridium Infections – Prevention and Control; Clostridium Infections – Therapy; Feces – Transplantation; Recurrence – Therapy; Vancomycin – Administration and Dosage; Vancomycin – Economics
In a small randomized, controlled trial that compared fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) administered by enema to a six-week oral vancomycin taper, FMT was not more effective for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.
Watkins Richard R
Infectious Disease Alert
2017
2017-01
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Restricting Fluoroquinolone Use Reduces Clostridium difficile Infection More Than Infection Control Methods.
Infection Control; Treatment Outcomes; Clostridium Difficile; Antiinfective Agents; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Fluoroquinolone – Administration and Dosage; Fluoroquinolone – Adverse Effects; Fluoroquinolone – Pharmacodynamics
An observational study from England showed that restricting fluoroquinolone use reduced incidence of Clostridium difficile infection more than would be predicted by improved infection control methods alone.
Watkins Richard R
Infectious Disease Alert
2017
2017-05
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Restricting Fluoroquinolone Use Reduces CDI More Than Infection Control Methods.
England; Antiinfective Agents; Infection Control – Methods; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Fluoroquinolone – Therapeutic Use; Incidence – England
Watkins Richard R
Hospital Medicine Alert
2017
2017-06
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