@article{4169975d2b8545fcb5c02c484992fad4,
title = "An evaluation of the impact of a single-dose intravenous immunoglobulin regimen in the treatment of clostridium difficile infections",
keywords = "immunoglobulin, metronidazole, vancomycin, aged, clinical article, Clostridium difficile infection, controlled study, human, length of stay, letter, male, single drug dose, treatment outcome, Aged, 80 and over, Bacterial Toxins, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium Infections, Enterotoxins, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Immunologic Factors, Length of Stay, Male, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome",
author = "M.A. Aldeyab and J.C. McElnay and M.G. Scott and C. Edwards and Elizabeth Davies and {Darwish Elhajji}, F.W. and G. Conlon and F.A. Magee and P.J. Barr and M.P. Kearney",
note = "Cited By :7 Export Date: 15 September 2018 CODEN: ICEPE Correspondence Address: Aldeyab, M. A.; Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; email: m.aldeyab@qub.ac.uk Chemicals/CAS: immunoglobulin, 9007-83-4; metronidazole, 39322-38-8, 443-48-1; vancomycin, 1404-90-6, 1404-93-9; Bacterial Toxins; Enterotoxins; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; Immunologic Factors; tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile References: Thompson, I., Clostridium difficile-associated disease: Update and focus on non-antibiotic strategies (2008) Age Ageing, 37, pp. 14-18; McFarland, L.V., Update on the changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (2008) Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol, 5, pp. 40-48; Kyne, L., Warny, M., Qamar, A., Kelly, C.P., Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile and serum levels of IgG antibody against toxin A (2000) N Engl J Med, 342, pp. 390-397; Leffler, D.A., Lamont, J.T., Treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (2009) Gastroenterology, 136, pp. 1899-1912; Gerding, D.N., Muto, C.A., Owens, R.C., Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (2008) Clin Infect Dis, 46 (1), pp. S32-S42; Halsey, J., Current and future treatment modalities for Clostridium difficile-associated disease (2008) Am J Health Syst Pharm, 65, pp. 705-715; O'Horo, J., Safdar, N., The role of immunoglobulin for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: A systematic review (2009) Int J Infect Dis, 13, pp. 663-667; Aldeyab, M.A., Devine, M.J., Flanagan, P., Multi-hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 infection: Epidemiology and analysis of control measures (2011) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 32 (3), pp. 210-219; Tobacman, J.K., Assessment of comorbidity: A review (1994) Clin Perform Qual Health Care, 2, pp. 23-32",
year = "2011",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1086/660203",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "631--633",
journal = "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology",
issn = "0899-823X",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "6",
}