The Association between Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonist Use and Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

• Imad M. Tleyjeh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Imad M. Tleyjeh, Aref A. Bin. Abdulhak

  * E-mail: tleyjeh.imad@mayo.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Aref A. Bin. Abdulhak ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Imad M. Tleyjeh, Aref A. Bin. Abdulhak

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

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• Muhammad Riaz,

  Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Musa A. Garbati,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohamad Al-Tannir,

  Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Faisal A. Alasmari,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mushabab AlGhamdi,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Abdur Rahman Khan,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Patricia J. Erwin,

  Affiliation Mayo Medical Library, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Alex J. Sutton,

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, England

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• Larry M. Baddour

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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