Risk of clostridium diffcile infection with acid-suppressive therapy; pitfalls in accurate estimation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-278

  Chandra, Subhash ^a   Agarwal, Dipti ^b   Surana, Alok ^c  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DR S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; NOTE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS;

EID: 84873558295     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.394     Document Type: Letter

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