Assessment of the incidence and etiology of nosocomial diarrhea in a medical ward in Iraq.

Ammar Jabbar Hamad, Aseel Jassim Albdairi, Samer Nema Yassen Alkemawy, Safaa Ali Khudair, Noor Rafea Abdulhadi

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Article in Journal of medicine and life, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ammar Jabbar HamadDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.

Aseel Jassim AlbdairiDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.

Samer Nema Yassen AlkemawyDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.

Safaa Ali KhudairDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.

Noor Rafea AbdulhadiDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq.

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Abstract

This study aimed to detect the incidence, etiology, risk factors, and severity of nosocomial diarrhea among adult inpatients in a medical ward in Iraq. The study was conducted among patients admitted to the medical ward from June 1, 2019, to January 31, 2020, in AL-Sader medical city. The surveillance for nosocomial diarrhea was performed by monitoring every patient in the ward 3 times/week. 1050 patients were admitted to the medical ward in AL-Sader medical city. Of these, 52 patients (mean age 58±12.91 years, range 32 to 80) developed new-onset diarrhea during hospitalization. There was a significant relationship between the severity of diarrhea and age, residence, antibiotic use, including number and duration of antibiotics, immunosuppressive agents (steroids/chemotherapy), duration of hospital stay, level of consciousness, and enema use. Nosocomial diarrhea is a significant clinical problem that complicates about 5% of all admission in the medical ward. Various microorganisms account for nosocomial diarrhea, including

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Cross InfectionAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDiarrheaHumansIncidenceIraqMiddle AgedRisk Factorsdiarrheagastrointestinal parasitesmedical wardnosocomial infections

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PMID35186147

DOI10.25122/jml-2021-0275

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