Proton pump inhibitors’ use correlates with an increase in rate and severity of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection, a Pharmacotherapy study finds. Researchers examined 41,663 patients ...
Children using antibiotics and/or proton pump inhibitors face a higher risk of developing Clostridioides difficile infection, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital ...
Health-care providers that treat patients who use proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and experience diarrhea that does not improve, should consider the bacterium Clostridium difficile in the differential ...
Patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors had roughly double the risk of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection compared with those not taking the drugs. Patients who use proton pump ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the story with Prilosec? Doctors routinely tell ...
Antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors may not be the best mix, according to a study published Jan. 24 in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. People who took an antibiotic when they were taking ...
Patients with Clostridium difficile infection who take medications to suppress their gastric acid levels are significantly more likely to experience a recurrence of the infection, according to ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: What's the story with Prilosec? Doctors routinely tell people with GERD or acid stomach to take this forever. Yet it clearly describes only a 14-day treatment on the box. A physician ...
Dear Dr. Roach: What's the story with Prilosec? Doctors routinely tell people with GERD or acid stomach to take this forever. Yet it clearly describes only a 14-day treatment on the box. A physician ...