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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e1090-e1092.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1856.

Proton Pump Inhibitors and Incident Clostridioides difficile Infection: Beyond Controversy, Pragmatic Approaches Are Needed

Javier A Villafuerte-Gálvez  1
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Editorial

Proton Pump Inhibitors and Incident Clostridioides difficile Infection: Beyond Controversy, Pragmatic Approaches Are Needed

Javier A Villafuerte-Gálvez. Clin Infect Dis. .
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Model for confounding despite the self-controlled case series design. Abbreviations: CDI, Clostridioides difficile infection; PPI, proton-pump inhibitor.
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