Diarrhea Recurrence in Patients with Clostridium difficile‐Associated Diarrhea: Role of Concurrent Antibiotics
Author(s) -
MJ Alfa,
G K Harding,
AR Ronald,
R. Bruce Light,
Nila MacFarlane,
N. O. Olson,
Pat DeGagné,
K Kasdorf,
Andrew E. Simor,
K S MacDonald,
Lisa Louie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/1999/102891
Subject(s) - diarrhea , medicine , clostridium difficile , metronidazole , antibiotics , antibiotic associated diarrhea , vancomycin , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , feces , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus
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.
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