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- Title
Clostridium difficile infection - a challenge for any urological service.
- Authors
Pricop, C.; Ciuta, C.; Andone, D.; Todosi, L.; Ristescu, C.; Puia, D.; Miron, Adelina; Negru, Irina; Martha, Orsolya
- Abstract
Introduction. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) remains the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections and is an immediate threat to public health that requires urgent and aggressive measures. Material and methods. This clinico-epidemiological study was conducted between April 2014 - January 2015 and included 18 patients who developed acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) during hospitalization and were diagnosed with enterocolitis caused by CDI. Results. In addition to antibiotics or combinations of them which were used in all 18 cases, the study confirmed many other factors associated with the occurrence of CDI infection: older age, use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), postoperative ileus, enemas. Fluoroquinolones were the most common antibiotics used before the onset of ADD. Laboratory picture may indicate the severity of the problem, mortality rates within the study being 16.66%. Conclusions. The concern regarding the proliferation of CDI hospital-acquired infections impose a set of sustained therapeutic and administrative measures in terms of transferring patients on special wards or isolating them on the wards they were diagnosed.
- Subjects
CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile; NOSOCOMIAL infections; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS enterocolitis; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Urology, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 2, p45
- ISSN
1223-0650
- Publication type
Article