Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a national survey of clinician recommendations and the use of faecal microbiota transplantation

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dc.contributor.authorPrior, Anna-Rose
dc.contributor.authorKevans, David
dc.contributor.authorMcDowell, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorCudmore, Sally
dc.contributor.authorFitzpatrick, Fidelma
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-21T08:34:34Z
dc.date.available2016-10-21T08:34:34Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-14
dc.description.abstractAdherence to Clostridium difficile infection treatment guidelines is associated with lower recurrence rates and mortality as well as cost savings. Our survey of Irish clinicians indicates that patients are managed using a variety of approaches. FMT is potentially underutilised despite its recommendation in national and European guidelines.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationPrior, A.-R., Kevans, D., McDowell, L., Cudmore, S. and Fitzpatrick, F. (2016) ‘Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a national survey of clinician recommendations and the use of faecal microbiota transplantation’, Journal of Hospital Infection, 95(4), pp. 438-441. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.004.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.004
dc.identifier.endpage441
dc.identifier.issn0195-6701
dc.identifier.issued4
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Hospital Infectionen
dc.identifier.startpage438
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3203
dc.identifier.volume95
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.en
dc.rights© 2016, The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectClostridium difficileen
dc.subjectTreatmenten
dc.subjectAdherenceen
dc.subjectFaecal microbiota transplantationen
dc.titleTreatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a national survey of clinician recommendations and the use of faecal microbiota transplantationen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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