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PPIs linked to increased inpatient Clostridium difficile infections.

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      BOSTON (Mass.); MASSACHUSETTS
    • الموضوع:
      BETH Israel Deaconess Hospital Center
    • الموضوع:
      HOWELL, Michael A.
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The article reports on the findings of a study conducted by Dr. Michael D. Howell, director at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It highlights the findings of study which revealed that the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increases the risk of nosocomial infection caused by Clostridium difficile. It states that patients under PPI therapy have increased the risk of C. difficile infection by 1.4 percent.