Descriptive Epidemiology of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Hospitalized Adult Patients in the Asia Pacific Region

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Clostridium Difficile Infection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01560832

4-2011-0382

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clostridium difficile is an important pathogen, causing disease that ranges from mild self-limited diarrhea to life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis. It is estimated that C. difficile is responsible for 10% to 25% of all cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and for almost all cases of pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile disease is mediated by two large toxins, A and B. The toxins damage intestinal epithelial cells and cause the clinical illness. Primary risk factors for C. difficile clinically apparent infection include antimicrobial therapy, hospitalization, residence in a long-term care facility, older age (≥ 65 years), and increased length of hospital stay. The incidence of CDI both in the hospital and the community is important in the understanding and characterization of the disease and its prevention. This observational, epidemiological study will advance the investigators understanding of CDI risk factors in several hospitals and possibly the community in the Asia Pacific region.

Enrollment: 188 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients, aged ≥ 20 years at the time of hospitalization in specified wards
• PCR-diagnosed CDI while at the hospital
• Informed consent has been obtained from patients as required by local requirements

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 20 years

Trial design

188 participants in 1 patient group

Laboratory (PCR)-confirmed C.difficile infection

Description:

patient who has experienced the passage of 3 or more unformed or loose stools \[diarrhea\] conforming to the shape of a container within a 24-hour period and has a positive laboratory test result confirmed by PCR.