| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000290988 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autores: | Marcon, Ana Paula1 Gamba, Monica Antar Vianna, Lucila Amaral Carneiro |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Departamento de Enfermagem, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2006 |
| Periodo: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 10 |
| Número: | 6 |
| Paginación: | 384-389 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
| Resumen en inglés | We made an epidemiological case-control study to examine risk factors for the development of diarrhea in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a public hospital in Santo André, SP, from January to October 2002. Forty-nine patients with diarrhea (cases) and 49 patients without diarrhea (controls), matched for age and gender, were included in the study. A stool culture and enzyme immunoassays for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B were performed on fecal specimens from diarrhea patients. Fourteen of them presented positive cultures for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 22 patients presented positive ELISA for Clostridium diffícile. Nosocomial diarrhea was associated with several factors, including use of antibiotics (P=0.001), use of ceftriaxone (P=0.001), presence of infection (P=0.010) and length of hospital stay (P=0.0001) |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Farmacología, Hospitales, Microbiología, Salud pública, Clostridium difficile, Infección hospitalaria, Diarrea, Antibióticos, Cuidado intensivo |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Hospitals, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Public health, Clostridium difficile, Nosocomial infections, Diarrhea, Antibiotics, Intensive care |
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