Diagnóstico de diarrea por clostridium difficile: en busca de un enfoque clínico más eficiente / Clinical diagnosis of clostridium difficile diarrhea: searching a more efficient clinical view
Rev. méd. Chile
; 129(6): 620-5, jun. 2001. tab
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RESUMO
Background:
The clinical parameters for the suspicion of Clostridium difficile infections, namely the use of antimicrobials and diarrhea, have a low predictive value for the diagnosis.Aim:
To search other clinical variables and determine a clinical prediction model for (Clostridium difficile diarrhea. Patients andmethods:
All patients to whom a Clostridium difficile study was requested, were prospectively studied during 5 months. Clinical variables of these patients were registered. The diagnosis of Clostridium difficile was done using the cytotoxicity test in fibroblast cultures.Results:
Ninety two patients were analyzed and in 26, the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile was confirmed. A logistic regression model disclosed an age over 60 years old, the presence of mucus in the stools and a temperature over 37.8 C in the previous 24 h, as significant predictors of the infection. The correlation of the model, between the predicted probability and the observed condition, was 81.5 per cent.Conclusions:
The presence of the clinical variables identified in this study are associated with a high probability of an infection by Clostridium difficile in patients with diarrhea and the recent use of antimicrobials
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_diarrhea
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3_neglected_diseases
Asunto principal:
Enterocolitis Seudomembranosa
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Clostridioides difficile
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Diarrea
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Med Chil
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Rev. méd. Chile
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Rev. méd. Chile (En línea)
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Revista médica de Chile
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Chile