Diarrhea Etiology in a Children’s Hospital Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study

Eileen J. Klein; Daniel R. Boster; Jennifer R. Stapp; Joy G. Wells; Xuan Qin; Carla R. Clausen; David L. Swerdlow; Christopher R. Braden; Phillip I. Tarr

doi:10.1086/507335

Abstract

Nearly one-half of the patients who presented to the emergency department with diarrhea had a definite or plausible pathogen in their stool specimens. We were unable to develop a model that was substantially better than physician judgment in identifying patients for whom bacterial culture would yield positive results. The unexpectedly high rate of C. difficile toxin warrants further examination.

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AstrovirusRotavirusMedicineDiarrheaShigellaCampylobacterPathogenClostridium difficileSerotypeMicrobiologyEmergency departmentNorovirusSalmonellaProspective cohort studyEtiologyMicrobiological cultureVirologyInternal medicineImmunologyOutbreakBiologyAntibioticsBacteria

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 43
Issue: 7
Pages: 807-813
Citations: 198
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                                    Eileen J. Klein, 
                                
                                    Daniel R. Boster, 
                                
                                    Jennifer R. Stapp
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Diarrhea Etiology in a Children’s Hospital Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study. 
                            Clinical Infectious Diseases
                            , 43
                            (7)
                            , 807-813.
                            https://doi.org/10.1086/507335
                        

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DOI: 10.1086/507335