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An Evaluation of the Impact of a Single-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin Regimen in the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mamoon A. Aldeyab ,
James C. McElnay ,
Michael G. Scott ,
Elizabeth Davies ,
Collette Edwards ,
Feras W. Darwish Elhajji ,
Geraldine Conlon ,
Fidelma A. Magee ,
Paul J. Barr  and
Mary P. Kearney
Mamoon A. Aldeyab*
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
James C. McElnay
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Michael G. Scott
Affiliation:
Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Ballymena BT43 6DA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Davies
Affiliation:
Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Ballymena BT43 6DA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Collette Edwards
Affiliation:
Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Ballymena BT43 6DA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Feras W. Darwish Elhajji
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Geraldine Conlon
Affiliation:
Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Ballymena BT43 6DA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Fidelma A. Magee
Affiliation:
Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Ballymena BT43 6DA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Paul J. Barr
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Mary P. Kearney
Affiliation:
Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Ballymena BT43 6DA, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
*
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , June 2011 , pp. 631 - 633
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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