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Clostridium difficile - a dangerous pathogen for older persons

BIELAKOVÁ, Katarína, Hana MATĚJOVSKÁ KUBEŠOVÁ, Pavel WEBER and Dana PRUDIUS

Basic information

Original name

Clostridium difficile - a dangerous pathogen for older persons

Name in Czech

Clostridium difficile – nebezpečný patogén pro starší pacienty

Authors

BIELAKOVÁ, Katarína (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Hana MATĚJOVSKÁ KUBEŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel WEBER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Dana PRUDIUS (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Geriatrie a gerontologie, Praha, Česká lékařská společnost J.E. Purkyně, 2014, 1805-4684

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30200 3.2 Clinical medicine

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/14:00078255

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

Keywords (in Czech)

Clostridium difficile; geriatrický pacient; antibiotická terapie; pseudomembranózni kolitida

Keywords in English

Clostridium difficile; geriatric patient; antibiotic therapy; psedomebranous colitis

Tags

Změněno: 19/1/2015 12:53, Soňa Böhmová

Abstract

V originále

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is becoming a serious problem predominantly in geriatric patients who are a significant risk group. The goal of this study is to evaluate the occurrence of risk factors in seniors which lead to the CDI. The examined group consisted of 235 patients at age over 65 with confirmed diagnosis of CDI. For the diagnosis of CDI finding of toxins A and B in the stool of patients or autopsy confirmation were crucial. The group of geriatric patients with CDI consisted of 148 women (62,98 %) and 87 men (37,02 %). The risk factors comprised the cerebrovascular disease, dementia, presence of pressure ulcers and immobility. The study proved the MMSE test, ADL test, MNA-SF test and Charlson comorbidity index as a statistically important factor.