Clostridium difficile Colitis: Reduced Time to Diagnosis in a Community-Based Outpatient Setting Between 1997 and 2004 | Zendy

Charles Salemi | Zendy; Timothy D. Jenkins | Zendy; A. Palacio Aguirre | Zendy; Annie L. Cao | Zendy; Gisela Villaruel | Zendy; John R. Morgan | Zendy; Andrew Simental | Zendy

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Clostridium difficile Colitis: Reduced Time to Diagnosis in a Community-Based Outpatient Setting Between 1997 and 2004

Author(s) -

Charles Salemi,

Timothy D. Jenkins,

A. Palacio Aguirre,

Annie L. Cao,

Gisela Villaruel,

John R. Morgan,

Andrew Simental

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/07-035

Subject(s) - medicine , metronidazole , clostridium difficile , clostridium difficile colitis , antibiotics , pediatrics , colitis , retrospective cohort study , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

We studied antibiotic use prior to the onset of Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) and time interval between onset of gastrointestinal symptoms and diagnosis for two historical time periods with separate comparisons for inpatients and outpatients to determine whether time to diagnosis had decreased and whether previous metronidazole use is associated with CDC.

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