Tigecycline for the Treatments of Severe Clostridioides difficile Infection in Pediatric Immunocompromised Patients.

Pediatr Infect Dis J

Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

Published: March 2025

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