Diagnostic yields in solid organ transplant recipients admitted with diarrhea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although diarrhea is a frequent complaint among solid organ transplant recipients, the contribution of infectious etiologies remains incompletely defined. We sought to define the etiologies of diarrhea and the yields of testing at our institution.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis over an 18-month period of hospitalized solid organ transplant recipients. We stratified diarrhea by community onset vs hospital onset of diarrhea.

Results

We identified 422 admissions (representing 314 unique patients) with community-onset diarrhea, and 112 admissions (representing 102 unique patients) with hospital-onset diarrhea. The majority of community- and hospital-onset diarrheal episodes had no identified etiology (60.9% and 75.9%, respectively; P = .03), yet

SUBMITTER: Echenique IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402344 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature