The following search methodology was used in English and Spanish with the Pubmed, Medline and Embase platforms. Key words in English included infection, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea and elderly, antimicrobial associated diarrhea and elderly, drug therapy, vancomycin, metronidazole, and fidaxomicin sic, OR pathogenesis, and OR Mortality.
Para este trabajo, se utilizó la siguiente metodología de búsqueda: en idioma inglés y español, utilizando Pubmed, Medline y Embase se utilizaron los siguientes términos clave: Clostridium difficile infection, Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea and elderly, antimicrobial associated diarrhea and elderly, drug therapy, vancomycin, metronidazole, and fidaxomicin, OR pathogenesis OR mortality.