CLOSTRIDIUM-DIFFICILE - ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA AFTER NORFLOXACIN

被引:9
作者
EHRENPREIS, ED [1 ]
LIEVENS, MW [1 ]
CRAIG, RM [1 ]
机构
[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT MED, GASTROENTEROL SECT, CHICAGO, IL 60611 USA
关键词
Antibiotics; Clostridiumdifficile; Diarrhea; Norfloxacin;
D O I
10.1097/00004836-199004000-00015
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
学科分类号
摘要
Although theoretically the spectrum of antimicrobial quinolone antibiotics are at low risk of producing Clostridium dificile overgrowth and diarrhea, a patient developed this clinical problem while receiving norfloxacin. We review the antimicrobial activity of the quinolone antibiotics, with respect to their predisposition for producing C. dificile-induced diarrhea. © 1990 Raven Press, Ltd., New York.
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页码:188 / 189
页数:2
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