NCT03265730

Pediatric Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea

Incidence, Risk Factors and Severity of Pediatric Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 2,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Diarrhea is one of the side effects of antibiotics. Antibiotic associated diarrhea can be encountered between two hours to two months after starting of antibiotics. The purpose of the study is to determine incidence,risk factors and severity of pediatric antibiotic associated diarrhea in Turkey.

Detailed description

Antibiotic associated diarrhea is a common adverse effect, occurring about 5-30% of patients either early during treatment or up to two months after the cessation of the treatment. The frequency differs according to the definition of diarrhea, the inciting antimicrobial agent and the host factors such geriatric age, immunosuppression, prolonged hospitalization. Almost all agents, especially the the ones acting on anaerobes may cause diarrhea. Clinical presentations range from mild diarrhea to fulminant pseudomembranous enterocolitis. In Turkey still data about antibiotic associated diarrhea is not enough. Incidence and the factors that effect severity are not known.

Conditions

• Diarrhea

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-01
• Completion: 2018-08-01
• First posted: 2017-08-29
• Last updated: 2017-11-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)