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Recommendations for the management of Clostridioides difficile infection in adults and comparison with updated ACG, ESCMID and IDSA/SHEA guidelines

Mateusz Piotr Baran
1
,
Jarosław Drobnik
2
,
Mária Belovičová
3, 4, 5
,
Štefánia Moricová
6
,
Piotr Pobrotyn
7

  1. Individual Specialist Medical Practice Mateusz Baran, Wroclaw, Poland
  2. Department of Family Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  3. Faculty of Public Health Studies, Department of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
  4. Internal Clinic for Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Remedium s.r.o., Bardejov Spa, Slovakia
  5. Slovak Society of Practical Obesitology (SSPO), Bardejov, Slovakia
  6. Faculty of Public Health Studies SZU, Institute of Occupational Health Service, Bratislava, Slovakia
  7. Remedial Specialistic Clinic “Pulsantis Sp. z o.o.”, Wroclaw, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(3): 352–356
Online publish date: 2024/09/30
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