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Decrease in Nosocomial <i>Clostridium difficile</i>–Associated Diarrhea by Restricting Clindamycin Use

DOI

238

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0

References

1994

Year

Suzanne M. Pear, Tom H. Williamson, Kristine M. Bettin, Dale N. Gerding, John N. Galgiani
Annals of Internal Medicine

Abstract

A nosocomial epidemic of C. difficile diarrhea was controlled by analysis of antibiotic use patterns and by subsequent restriction of clindamycin.