Diarrhea Recurrence in Patients with Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea: Role of Concurrent Antibiotics

MJ Alfa; GKM Harding; AR Ronald; RB Light; N MacFarlane; N Olson; P DeGagne; K Kasdorf; A Simor; KS MacDonald; L Louie

doi:10.1155/1999/102891

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1999)

Diarrhea Recurrence in Patients with Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea: Role of Concurrent Antibiotics

MJ Alfa,
GKM Harding,
AR Ronald,
RB Light,
N MacFarlane,
N Olson,
P DeGagne,
K Kasdorf,
A Simor,
KS MacDonald,
L Louie

Affiliations

MJ Alfa: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
GKM Harding: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
AR Ronald: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
RB Light: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
N MacFarlane: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
N Olson: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
P DeGagne: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
K Kasdorf: Departments of Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, St Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
A Simor: Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, North York, Ontario, Canada
KS MacDonald: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai and Princess Margaret Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
L Louie: Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, North York, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/102891
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 4
pp. 287 – 294

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To monitor prospectively patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CAD) in a six hundred bed tertiary care hospital to determine which factors influenced the recurrence of the diarrhea.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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