Efficacy of prolonged tapered and pulsed vancomycin regimen on recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the Japanese setting: a case control study

• Main Authors: Takumi Umemura (Author), Aiko Ota (Author), Yoshikazu Mutoh (Author), Chihiro Norizuki (Author), Takahito Mizuno (Author), Koji Kozaki (Author), Yoshiaki Ikeda (Author), Toshihiko Ichihara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background According to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridioides difficile, oral vancomycin is to be used in vancomycin tapered and pulsed regimen (VCM-TP) for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). However, data on the efficacy of VCM-TP in Japanese patients with recur...