November 11, 2021
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VIDEO: Preventing and treating C. difficile infection
Issue: December 2021
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WASHINGTON – In this video, infectious disease pharmacist Kerry LaPlante, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, discusses a presentation she gave at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress on Clostridioides difficile infection.
LaPlante, who is department chair and a professor of pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, talked about the importance of infection control and being a good antibiotic steward, and discussed innovations in C. difficile therapy, including fecal microbiota transplantation.
“Please remember to only use antibiotics appropriately and when absolutely necessary,” she said.
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LaPlante reports research with Merck, Pfizer and Shionogi.
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