Pseudomembranous Colitis is a
gastrointestinal tract infection caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile(C. difficile). Clostridium difficile is frequently found in the normal colon,
but pathologic overgrowth of C. difficile often occurs following destruction of
the normal intestinal flora by antibiotics.
This massive overpopulation of C.
difficile can result in conditions ranging from mildly debilitating antibiotic
associated diarrhoea to life-threatening toxic mega-colon. A large
multihospital study of over 10,000 patients found that the adjusted mean cost
and length of stay of patients with Clostridium difficile infections was nearly
double that of matched control patients ($55,769 vs $28,609; 21.1 vs 10.0 days).
Another recent study calculated that a hospital with 4.1 cases of C. difficile
infection per 100,000 patient discharges would incur a cost of greater than or equal
to $3.2 million dollars. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>
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