Ostridium Difficle Infection Report
i am the coolest person ever ostridium Difficle Infection:
Defination:
1. (1) the presence of diarrhea, defined as passage of 3 or more unformed stools in 24 or fewer consecutive hours1‐ (2) a stool test result positive for the presence of toxigenic C. difficile or its toxins or colonoscopic or histopathologic findings demonstrating pseudomembranous colitis
(3) A history of treatment with antimicrobial or antineoplastic agents within the previous 8 weeks is present for the majority of patients.9 In clinical practice, antimicrobial use is often considered part of the operative definition of CDI-
Pathogenesis:
Clostridium difficile is the causative organism of antibiotic-associated colitis. Colonization of the intestinal tract occurs
Defination:
1. (1) the presence of diarrhea, defined as passage of 3 or more unformed stools in 24 or fewer consecutive hours1‐ (2) a stool test result positive for the presence of toxigenic C. difficile or its toxins or colonoscopic or histopathologic findings demonstrating pseudomembranous colitis
(3) A history of treatment with antimicrobial or antineoplastic agents within the previous 8 weeks is present for the majority of patients.9 In clinical practice, antimicrobial use is often considered part of the operative definition of CDI-
Pathogenesis:
Clostridium difficile is the causative organism of antibiotic-associated colitis. Colonization of the intestinal tract occurs