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- Title
Enhanced Clostridioides difficile Infection Prevention With a Pharmacy-Controlled Policy That Adds a 3-Strain Lactobacillus Probiotic Concomitantly to Antibiotic Therapy.
- Authors
Maziade, Pierre-Jean; Ship, Noam; Sniffen, Jason C; Goldstein, Ellie J C
- Abstract
When 70% of antibiotic users took a 3-strain Lactobacillus probiotic preparation the hospital-wide rate of healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection improved significantly. The incidence of C. difficile infection for those taking the probiotic along with multiple antibiotics or a single high-risk antibiotic was decreased by at least half.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of probiotics; ANTIBIOTICS; HEALTH policy; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; DISEASE incidence; CLOSTRIDIUM diseases; HOSPITAL pharmacies; LACTOBACILLUS
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 73, Issue 8, p1524
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciab414