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Doxycycline may provide significant protection against Clostridium difficile infections

Hospitalized patients who receive doxycycline in addition to ceftriaxone have a 79% reduced risk of Clostridium difficile infection vs patients who receive ceftriaxone only, a recent study found. “In India, the true prevalence of [C. difficile] is not known because a majority of the hospitals do not investigate for this… 

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