Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a pediatric hospital

被引:10
作者
Spivack, JG
Eppes, SC
Klein, JD
机构
[1] Alfred I DuPont Hosp Children, Div Infect Dis, Nemours Childrens Clin Wilmington, Wilmington, DE 19899 USA
[2] Thomas Jefferson Univ, Jefferson Med Coll, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
关键词
PRACTICE GUIDELINES; COLITIS; COLONIZATION; POPULATION; MANAGEMENT; INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; CHILDREN; TOXIN;
D O I
10.1177/000992280304200407
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
This retrospective cohort analysis examined the risk factors, symptoms, and severity of disease associated with C. difficile in pediatric inpatients. Risk factors for a C. difficile-positive test were an oncologic diagnosis, diarrhea of more than 2 days' duration, and gastrointestinal symptoms, especially abdominal pain. Over a 3.5-year period, there was a total of 22 C. difficile-positive patients, and most had mild, self-limiting diarrheal illness. No cases of C. difficile diarrhea were identified. Seventy-eight percent of the C. difficile-positive patients were found to have alternate risk factors for diarrhea. Our data indicate that C. difficile rarely causes severe diarrhea in pediatric inpatients and that C. difficile-positive testing should be limited to patients with severe prolonged diarrhea and abdominal pain.
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页码:347 / 352
页数:6
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