Treatment of clostridium difficile associated diarrhea and colitis with an oral preparation of teicoplanin; a dose finding study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 309-316

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Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTOTOXIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE CALCULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARANOIA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RECURRENCE RISK; TASTE DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEICOPLANIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028332370     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549409011800     Document Type: Article

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