Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Adult Patien

Authors

  • Marcellus Simadibrata
  • Lie Khie Chen Division of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General National Hospital, Jakarta
  • Diana Aulia Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General National Hospital, Jakarta
  • Ina Sutanto Timan Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General National Hospital, Jakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24871/19120187-9

Keywords:

incidence, antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD), Clostridium difficile

Abstract

Background: Antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) occurs from the first initiation until 2 months of the end of antibiotic treatment. The aims of this study were to know the incidence of AAD, Clostridium difficile infection
and other gastrointestinal symptoms in hospitalized adult patients.


Method: The study is a cross sectional study. We studied the antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD), Clostridium
difficile infection and other gastrointestinal symptoms in patients who were admited in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. Inclusion were male or female, age 18-75 years old, patients started receiving antibiotics maximal 2
x 24 hours prior to hospitalization, gave written informed consent.


Results: The incidence of AAD was 11.5%. The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection was 15.4%. The upper gastrointestinal symptom was present on 20 (38.5%) patients. Lower abdominal symptom was present on 10 (19.2%) patients.


Conclusion: The Incidence of AAD and Clostridium difficile infection were 11.5% and 15.4% respectively.
The clinical manifestations of AAD were diarrhea, other upper and lower abdominal symptoms.

Downloads

Published

2020-07-20

How to Cite

Simadibrata, M., Chen, L. K., Aulia, D., & Timan, I. S. (2020). Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Adult Patien. The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy, 19(1), 7–9. https://doi.org/10.24871/19120187-9

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2018): VOLUME 19, NUMBER 1, April 2018

Section

Original Articles

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).