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- Title
Emergence of fluoroquinolones as the predominant risk factor for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea: a cohort study during an epidemic in Quebec.
- Authors
Pépin, Jacques; Saheb, Nathalie; Coulombe, Marie-Andrée; Alary, Marie-Eve; Corriveau, Marie-Pier; Authier, Simon; Leblanc, Michel; Rivard, Geneviève; Bettez, Mathieu; Primeau, Valérie; Nguyen, Martin; Jacob, Claude-Emilie; Lanthier, Luc
- Abstract
Since 2002, an epidemic of Clostridium difficile-associated-diarrhea (CDAD) associated with a high case-fatality rate has involved >30 hospitals in the province of Quebec, Canada. In 2003, a total of 55% of patients with CDAD at our hospital had received fluoroquinolones in the preceding 2 months. It has been suggested that massive use of proton pump inhibitors might have facilitated this epidemic.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2005, Vol 41, Issue 9, p1254
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/496986