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Treatment for deadly superbug C. diff may be weakening - EurekAlert


The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy.   

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