University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa
Parasites underestimated in nosocomial diarrhea
Published in Pharma Law Weekly, September 6th, 2005
"Nosocomial diarrhea, defined as diarrhea occurring more than 72 hours after hospital admission, is reported to account for <1% of endemic nosocomial infections and 17% of epidemic nosocomial infections.
"The yield of diagnoses from stool cultures in nosocomial diarrhea is low, and information regarding the rote of parasites is limited," said investigators in Turkey.
"We conducted a study to determine the responsible bacterial and parasitological pathogens from nosocomial diarrhea cases in our 2000-bed tertiary care facility over a 16-month period.
"Of 226...
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Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2005-09-06)
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