We retrospectively studied vancomycin taper and pulse treatment on 100 consecutive, evaluable patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Following taper to once-daily vancomycin dosing, 22 of 36 patients (61%) who… Click to show full abstract
We retrospectively studied vancomycin taper and pulse treatment on 100 consecutive, evaluable patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Following taper to once-daily vancomycin dosing, 22 of 36 patients (61%) who received every-other-day dosing (QOD) and 50 of 64 (81%) who received QOD followed by every-third-day dosing were cured (P = .03).
Keywords:
clostridium difficile;
difficile infection;
taper pulse;
recurrent clostridium;
patients recurrent;
vancomycin taper
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2017
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