Clinical Analysis and Treatment for Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical character of antibiotic associated diarrhea(AAD)in order to provide reference for prevention measures. METHODS: Retrospective analysis was applied to analyze 488 inpatients treated with antibiotics in our hospital from 2006 to 2008,of which 42 AAD cases were analyzed in terms of clinical manifestation,utilization of antibiotics, therapy and prognosis, etc. RESULTS: The incidence of AAD arrived at 8.6%. The reason that incidence of AAD was higher than that of control group was above 7 days of antibiotics treatment, broad-spectrum antibiotic, more than two kinds of antibiotics and over 70 years old. CONCLUSION: The key point of preventing AAD is rational use of antibiotics.