Clostridium difficile colitis following treatment with metronidazole and vancomycin
Open Access
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 63 (745) , 993-994
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.63.745.993
Abstract
Summary: A 25 year old woman developed Clostridium difficile colitis following a course of vancomycin and metronidazole prescribed for pelvic inflammatory disease. The condition resolved after treatment with vancomycin given alone. Colitis following this combination of antibiotics has not been described previously.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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