Association Between Clostridium difficile Infection and Beta-lactam Allergy

Authors

Tausif Syed, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Pratyusha Tirumanisetty, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Sheen Kamal, Rochester Regional Health
Ruth Kouides, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Surinder Devgun, Rochester Regional Health
Chodos Ari, Rochester Regional HealthFollow

Department

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Title

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Conference Name

ACG Annual Meeting

Conference Date

2020-10-01

Abstract

Introduction: There have been previous studies which suggest that there may be a relationship between allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics and development of clostridium difficile infection. The hypothesis is that once a patient is labeled as allergic to beta lactam antibiotics, they are treated with other antibiotics for infection leading to development of clostridium difficile infection. Here, we aim to study if there is relationship between the beta lactam antibiotics and clostridium difficile infection.

First Page

S68

DOI

10.14309/01.ajg.0000702756.15943.e2

Volume

115

Publication Date

10-1-2020

Publisher

LWW

Comments

See full list of authors at journal website.

Abstracts: Accepted: Colon

Abstract S0177

Recommended Citation

Syed, T., Tirumanisetty, P., Kamal, S., Kouides, R., Devgun, S., & Ari, C. (2020). Association Between Clostridium difficile Infection and Beta-lactam Allergy. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 115, S68. https://doi.org/10.14309/01.ajg.0000702756.15943.e2