Antibiotics and Clostridium difficile diarrhea in the ambulatory care setting

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-102

  Levy, Drew G ^g   Stergachis, Andy ^g   McFarland, Lynne V ^a,b   Van Vorst, Krista ^c   Graham, David J ^d   Johnson, Eric S ^g   Park, Byung Joo ^e   Shatin, Deborah ^f   Clouse, Jon C ^c   Elmer, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Service de Pharmacologie   (France)

^c United Health Group   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f Ctr for Hlth Care Plcy and E   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory care setting; Antibiotics; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFRADINE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; LORACARBEF; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033951060     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(00)87980-1     Document Type: Article

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