Clostridium difficile enteritis and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus enteritis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: selected patients who were admitted to the medical surgical ICU (22 beds) of Chiba University Hospital (Chiba, Japan) between December 2006 and January 2014, who were administered oral or enteral VCM, and in whom serum VCM concentrations were measured
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pediatric patients under the age of 18 and patients concomitantly administered parenteral VCM
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| renal dysfunction renal replacement therapy gastrointestinal symptoms (amount of diarrhea or melena) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The length of the ICU stay and ICU mortality | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine