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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences2019

Efficacy of prolonged tapered and pulsed vancomycin regimen on recurrent

Takumi Umemura, Aiko Ota, Yoshikazu Mutoh, Chihiro Norizuki, Takahito Mizuno, Koji Kozaki, Yoshiaki Ikeda, Toshihiko Ichihara

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takumi Umemura1Department of Pharmacy, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3160-5136
Aiko Ota1Department of Pharmacy, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.
Yoshikazu Mutoh2Department of Infection and Prevention, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.
Chihiro Norizuki2Department of Infection and Prevention, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.
Takahito Mizuno1Department of Pharmacy, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.
Koji Kozaki1Department of Pharmacy, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.
Yoshiaki Ikeda4College of Pharmacy, Kinjo Gakuin University, 2-1723, Omori, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 463-8521 Japan.
Toshihiko Ichihara2Department of Infection and Prevention, Tosei General Hospital, 160, Nishi oiwakecho, Seto, Aichi 489-8642 Japan.
Tosei General Hospital · JPKinjo Gakuin University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAccording to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for

findingsWe conducted this study on all patients who were administered VCM-TP for recurrent episodes of CDI between January 2008 and December 2018 at Tosei General Hospital. All patients had documented follow-ups within 90 days after completion of the VCM-TP. Data were obtained for comparative analysis of treatment success or failure. Thirty-six patients were eligible for this study, and treatment success was documented in 23 patients (63.9%) following VCM-TP treatment. Treatment success was documented in 22 of 30 (73.3%) patients who received the recommended therapy according to the Clinical Practice Guidelines. The frequency of patients treated with the recommended therapy was higher in the treatment success group (95.7%) than in the treatment failure group (61.5%) (OR: 13.75, 95% CI: 1.39-136.39,

conclusionsOur findings suggest that VCM-TP is a good therapeutic option for recurrent CDI in Japanese patients. Furthermore, administration of the recommended VCM-TP is important for achieving a high rate of treatment success. Hence, antimicrobial stewardship teams should support the implementation of recommended VCM-TPs.

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Clostridioides difficile infectionVancomycinVancomycin tapered and pulsed dose regimen

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PMID31410293
PMCPMC6686363
OpenAlexW2965138893

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