Increase in the rate of nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea during shortages of piperacillin-tazobactam and piperacillin

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Mar;53(3):549-50. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkh127. Epub 2004 Feb 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / supply & distribution*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Penicillanic Acid / supply & distribution*
  • Penicillanic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Penicillins / supply & distribution*
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use*
  • Piperacillin / supply & distribution*
  • Piperacillin / therapeutic use*
  • Tazobactam
  • United States

Substances

  • Penicillins
  • Penicillanic Acid
  • Tazobactam
  • Piperacillin