Randomised controlled trial of vancomycin for pseudomembranous colitis and postoperative diarrhoea

British Medical Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6153, 1978, Pages 1667-1669

  Keighley, M R B ^a   Burdon, D W ^a   Arabi, Y ^a   Alexander Williams, J ^a   Thompson, H ^a   Youngs, Denise ^a   Johnson, Margaret ^a   Bentley, Sandra ^a   George, R H ^a   Mogg, G A G ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VANCOMYCIN;

CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0018220731     PISSN: 00071447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1667     Document Type: Article

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