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Clostridium difficile Infection Does Not Impact Outcomes in Stroke Patients
This study investigates incidence, patient characteristics, clinical features, and outcomes of CDI following stroke, including ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Methods: The hospital database was queried for all patients with IS, ICH, or SAH from 2010 through 2014. Patients who underwent testing for C. difficile testing (CDT) through polymerase chain reaction were assessed. Demographics, risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes were recorded. Fever was defined as temperature>101°F. Results: CDT was obtained in 555/4004 patients and was po...
Source: The Neurologist - May 1, 2022 Category: Neurology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Metronidazole Induced Encephalopathy Mimicking an Acute Ischemic Stroke Event.
We report a rare case of MIE mimicking an acute ischemic stroke, and hypothesize the relationship between the findings of CTP and that of MRI based on the anatomical connection of the dentate nucleus and the cerebral hemisphere. PMID: 30078820 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica - August 7, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) Source Type: research

The impact of the molecular diagnosis in the surveillance of the Clostridium difficile infection.
Authors: Bãicuş A, Cîrstoiu M, Lambru K, Plata F, Cîrstoiu CF Abstract Clostridium difficile is the agent of many cases of antibiotic associated diarrhea. The prevalence of the toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains was assessed by real-time PCR between May 2014- January 2015, at the Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. The incidence of the Clostridium difficile infection was 0.47%. Among the 1119 stool specimens tested, 165 (13.8%) were positive for C. difficile toxins A and B by immunochromatography test. All 165 positive samples were investigated by real time PCR and 134 (81%) samples were pos...
Source: Roumanian Archives of Microbiology and Immunology - April 7, 2018 Category: Microbiology Tags: Roum Arch Microbiol Immunol Source Type: research

Length of hospital stay is shorter in south Asian patients with transient ischaemic attack
Every year, 46 000 people in the United Kingdom (UK) suffer a de novo transient ischaemic attack (TIA) [1]. In 2012, 1 in 20 individuals who experienced a TIA progressed to suffering a stroke within seven days of the index TIA [2]. According to the literature, factors influencing the length of hospital stay (LOS) in TIA include age, female sex, known comorbidities (based on Charlson Comorbidities Index), patients that were transferred to another hospital, occurrence of an adverse event (urinary tract infection, Clostridium difficile), diagnosis of pneumonia, hemiplegia and paraplegia [3] and availability of urgent referral...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - November 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ignatius Liew, Paul Carter, Jennifer Reynolds, Nicholas D. Gollop, Hardeep Uppal, Suresh Chandran, Rahul Potluri Source Type: research

Length of hospital stay is shorter in South Asian patients with transient ischemic attack
Every year, 46,000 people in the United Kingdom (UK) suffer a de novo transient ischemic attack (TIA) [1]. In 2012, 1 in 20 individuals who experienced a TIA progressed to suffering a stroke within seven days of the index TIA [2]. According to the literature, factors influencing the length of hospital stay (LOS) in TIA include age, female sex, known comorbidities (based on Charlson Comorbidities Index), patients that were transferred to another hospital, occurrence of an adverse event (urinary tract infection, Clostridium difficile), diagnosis of pneumonia, hemiplegia and paraplegia [3] and availability of urgent referral ...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - November 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ignatius Liew, Paul Carter, Jennifer Reynolds, Nicholas D. Gollop, Hardeep Uppal, Suresh Chandran, Rahul Potluri Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research