CDAD

AcronymDefinition
CDADClostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea
CDADCommunity Development Advocates of Detroit (Detroit, MI)
CDADComponent Data Administrator
CDADClinically Diagnosed Alzheimer's Disease (neurology)
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This rate was determined by the resolution of diarrhoea (less than or equal to three unformed bowel movements per days for at least two consecutive days) as well as the lack of further need for CDAD therapy on study treatment and maintained for two days after the end of study treatment.
Actelion provides update for Phase III program into Cadazolid
The incidence of nosocomial CDAD was 166 per 100,000.
Clinical characteristics of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea among patients in a tertiary care center in China
The conventional medical treatment for CDAD is, you guessed it, another antibiotic.
Pass the poop!
CDAD was diagnosed in cases with diarrhoea that were confirmed Toxin A positive.
The Clostridium difficile problem: a South African tertiary institution's prospective perspective
However, information about CDAD is scarce in Korea.
Clinical risk factors for clostridium difficile-associated diseases
One systematic review found increased risk of CDAD in patients taking cephalosporins, penicillin, or clindamycin (TABLE 1).
Q/what risk factors contribute to C difficile diarrhea?
CDAD is not a reportable medical event in Louisiana; however, it has been considered as a reemerging infectious disease.
Clostridium difficile hospitalizations in Louisiana: a 10 year review
1) Nosocomial CDAD is almost always associated with antimicrobial use.
Clostridium difficile: 1st Place winner 2010 AMT technical writing contest
The women developed signs of severe CDAD 3 to 60 days after receiving antibiotics; the median was 5 days.
Diarrhea linked to Clostridium difficile emerges as a potent threat to pregnant women
difficile infection, which makes it difficult to accurately compare the epidemiology of CDAD over time and place (6).
Hospitalizations and deaths associated with Clostridium difficile infection, Finland, 1996-2004
But this study was a multicenter trial and documented the largest number of pediatric CDAD cases reported--4,895 cases among children under age 18 years, they said.
In-hospital C. difficile rises, but not mortality, colectomy rates
Furthermore, and most importantly, the length of stay of hospitalised patients with CDAD is prolonged.
Poor use of antibiotics has resulted in the emergence of superinfections, among them antibiotic-associated diarrhoea
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