Comparative effectiveness of vancomycin and metronidazole on event-free survival after initial infection in patients with Clostridioides difficile—a German multicentre cohort study
Our analysis confirms current changes in guidelines, as it supports the superiority of vancomycin compared with metronidazole across all severity levels.
Authors
- Rebeca Cruz Aguilar
- Enrico Schalk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1892-5098)
- Klaus‐Peter Hunfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6507-8608)
- Philipp Solbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2708-3611)
- Philipp A. Reuken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-475X)
- Tobias Schmidt‐Wilcke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-1079)
- Stefanie K. Gräfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-0179)
- Asad Ullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-4062)
- Stefan Pützfeld
- Stefan Schmiedel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-8461)
- Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0446-3224)
- Christoph Lübbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6942-5785)
- Katharina Giesbrecht
- M Schmitz-Rode
- J. Conrad
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- St. Mauritius Therapieklinik (DE)
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Kalk (DE)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
- University Hospital Magdeburg (DE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
- Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Klinikum Leverkusen (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
- Published
- 2024-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.003
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.78