Re: Probiotics for the prevention of clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 706-707

  Johnston, Bradley C ^a   Goldenberg, Joshua Z ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHINA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LETTER; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84877270251     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-9-201305070-00019     Document Type: Letter

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