Nosocomial diarrhea in the intensive care unit
Braz. j. infect. dis
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10(6): 384-389, Dec. 2006. tab
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ABSTRACT
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).
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Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Pseudomonas
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Infecciones por Clostridium
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Diarrea
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Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Anciano
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Aged80
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Asunto de la revista:
Enfermedades Transmisibles
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Federal University of São Paulo/BR
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