Health care associated Clostridioides difficile infection and colonization in patients admitted at tertiary care hospital Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc
; 72(4): 610-615, 2022 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To evaluate the epidemiology of clostridioides difficile infections and colonisation in a tertiary-care setting.METHODS:
The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from June 1, 2017, to October 31, 2019, and comprised adult patients admitted in high-risk units of the hospital for any disease experiencing watery stools after 48 hours of hospital admission and passing more than 3 stools per day with no other recognised aetiology. Stool samples of the participants, diagnosed with antibiotic associated diarrhoea, were submitted for glutamate dehydrogenase antigen assay and clostridioides toxin A/B assay detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and clostridioides difficile toxin gene detection by polymerase chain reaction. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea was diagnosed by a positive toxin assay or polymerase chain reaction. Data was analysed using SPSS25.RESULTS:
Of the 715 subjects, 322(45%) were males and 393(55%) were females. The overall mean age was 56.64±8.57 years, and 488(68.3%) were aged <60 years, while 227(31.7%) were aged >60 years. The incidence of clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhoea was found in 10(1.4%) patients and was highest in oncology unit 3(4.3%). No positive case was detected from the high dependency unit and the surgical ward. All the10(1.4%) positive cases were on >2 antibiotics with a combination of oral vancomycin and intravenous metronidazole. Mortality rate was significantly higher in the positive cases compared to those with clostridioides difficile colonisation (p<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
The incidence of clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhoea was found to be low.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Clostridioides difficile
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Infecciones por Clostridium
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pak Med Assoc
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Pakistán