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  • Title: Approach to patients with multiple relapses of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis.
    Author: Tedesco FJ, Gordon D, Fortson WC.
    Journal: Am J Gastroenterol; 1985 Nov; 80(11):867-8. PubMed ID: 4050760.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-two patients with multiple relapses of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis underwent a tapering dose of oral vancomycin for 21 days and a pulse dose of vancomycin for 21 days. In follow-up ranging from 2-12 months with a mean of 6 months, all patients have been without recurrence of the antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis.
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