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Impact of an automatic hospital probiotic protocol on Clostridioides ( Clostridium ) difficile infection (CDI) rates and CDI antibiotic usage in a community hospital setting
The aim of the present study was to see how widespread preventative use of the probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii via automatic protocol in hospitalised patients receiving antibacterials affected rates of hospital-associated Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (HA-CDI). Rates of HA-CDI appeared to be similar between the pre-protocol and protocol periods. Use of CDI treatment antibiotics (oral metronidazole and oral vancomycin) was also similar. Laboratory-confirmed isolation of S. boulardii from sterile body sites was identified in five patients during the protocol versus only one case in the pre-protocol years.
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