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Treatment of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease
Daniel A. Leffler, J. Thomas Lamont Gastroenterology Volume 136, Issue 6, Pages (May 2009) DOI: /j.gastro Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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Figure 1 Pathogenesis of C difficile infection.
Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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Figure 2 Age-related prevalence of antibody to C difficile toxin A and B. Modified from Viscidi et al.6 Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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Figure 3 Recent increase in reported treatment failures for metronidazole. Modified from Aslam et al.46 Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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Figure 4 Equivalent response of low and high dose vancomycin. (Modified with permission from Fekety et al.42) Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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Figure 5 Vancomycin is more effective than metronidazole for severe C difficile infection. Modified with permission from Zar et al.48 Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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Daniel A. Leffler Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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J. Thomas Lamont Gastroenterology , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
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