Treatment Guidelines Cut Clostridium Difficile Mortality - HCPLive.com
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection is now the leading cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhea in the industrialized world. But by following Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) treatment guidelines, clinicians can significantly reduce recurrence and mortality, a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy team reports. The guidelines are also endorsed by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Writing in The American Journal of Medicine, Adam Brown, PharmD, BCPS and Charles Seifert, PharmD, BCPS, report on a retrospective study of 180 adults hospitalized at an unnamed county teaching hospital. The researchers are based in Lubbock, TX.
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