The authors report on a modified "3-day rule" for limiting low-yield stool cultures obtained from hospitalized patients with nosocomial diarrhea. The modified rule addresses the two known weaknesses of the strict 3-day rule: immune-suppressed patients and nosocomial outbreaks of bacterial ...
In addition, the modified rule addresses a third group of previously unidentified patients at risk of non-Clostridium difficile bacterial nosocomial diarrhea: patients older than 65 with comorbidity. The modified rule would decrease the number of stool cultures by hal...
Stool cultures forCampylobacter,SalmonellaandShigellaand/orYersiniaspp. are frequently ordered in critically ill patients with diarrhea. The aim of this study is to analyze the diagnostic yield in a large cohort of critically ill patients. Therefore, we performed a cohort study at the Department of...
Stool cultures for bacterial pathogens, ova and parasites, and Clostridium difficileare usually ordered for patients with nosocomial diarrhea. In the inter... B Yannelli,I Gurevich,PE Schoch,... - 《American Journal of Infection Control》 被引量: 136发表: 1988年 Diagnostic value of bacterial s...
stool cultures Tag Archives:stool cultures Diarrhea, “Answers” Posted onNovember 2, 2015byemlyceum Acute gastrointestinal disorders are some of the most frequent problems evaluated by ED physicians. Complaints of diarrhea account for almost 5% of visits to the emergency departments (Bitterman, 1988)...
Epidemiology Increased sensitivity of ETEC detection in stool cultures by increasing the number of E. coli colonies tested THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Herbert L. DuPont GalbadageDon Thushara NuwanThe cause of infection of about a third of all travelers' diarrhea patients ...
For each child, the preschool teachers maintained a record of symptoms (eg, diarrhea, fever) during the week of stool collection. Stool specimens were collected from 63 diapered children. The samples were examined for parasites and cultured for bacteria and viruses. Giardia lamblia was identified ...
Isolated from the Stool of Children with Diarrhea in Tehran, Iran Investigation of resistance to azithromycin, tetracycline and pattern of resistance are the objectives of this study.Methods: Fifty isolates of Shigella spp. which have been collected from three hospitals in Tehran were studied. ...
for recurrent urinary tract infections in the subsequent weeks following her stool substitute treatment, but her diarrhea did not recur. She remained symptom-free at the last evaluation, 24 weeks after treatment. Two different strains ofC. difficilewere isolated from the pre-treatment sample. One...
Results Colony Color Organisms Blue to green-blue Salmonella & Shigella Yellow to salmon Escherichia coli Additional Information Indications for stool culture include: Bloody diarrhea Fever Tenesmus (is the constant feeling of the need to empty the bowel, accompanied by pain, and cramping) Severe or...