Defining the Vulnerable Period for Re-Establishment of Clostridium difficile Colonization after Treatment of C. difficile Infection with Oral Vancomycin or Metronidazole

Turki Abujamel; Jennifer L. Cadnum; Lucy A. Jury; Venkata C. K. Sunkesula; Sirisha Kundrapu; Robin L. Jump; Alain C. Stintzi; Curtis J. Donskey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076269

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Defining the Vulnerable Period for Re-Establishment of Clostridium difficile Colonization after Treatment of C. difficile Infection with Oral Vancomycin or Metronidazole

Turki Abujamel,

Affiliation Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Jennifer L. Cadnum,

Affiliation Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Lucy A. Jury,

Affiliation Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Venkata C. K. Sunkesula,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Sirisha Kundrapu,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Robin L. Jump,

Affiliation Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Alain C. Stintzi ,

* E-mail: astintzi@uottawa.ca (AS); curtisd123@yahoo.com (CJD)

Affiliation Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Curtis J. Donskey

* E-mail: astintzi@uottawa.ca (AS); curtisd123@yahoo.com (CJD)

Affiliations Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Defining the Vulnerable Period for Re-Establishment of Clostridium difficile Colonization after Treatment of C. difficile Infection with Oral Vancomycin or Metronidazole

Turki Abujamel,
Jennifer L. Cadnum,
Lucy A. Jury,
Venkata C. K. Sunkesula,
Sirisha Kundrapu,
Robin L. Jump,
Alain C. Stintzi,
Curtis J. Donskey

Published: October 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076269

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