Around 20-30% of diarrhea incidents occur due to C difficile infection (CDI) in the hospital environment. Although there are multiple factors associated with CDI, antibiotics are one of the prominent underlying factors. In this regard, it is necessary to understand which antibiotics are associated with high incidents of CDI infections as per the available scientific data. Overall up to 40% of patients develop diarrhea after admission to the ICU.
Enteral feeding is the most common cause of diarrhea, whereas other causes include hypoalbuminemia, intestinal ischemia and medication (mainly antibiotics) induced diarrhea. Whereas, clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause (20-30%) of the diarrhea incidents in the ICU. In this regard, it is imperative to know which antibiotics or class of antibiotics are associated to CDI so that by initiating appropriate therapy and…
