Objectives: Evaluate risk factors and clinical outcomes of infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporins present in samples collected upon hospital admission.
Methods: Risk factors were evaluated using a 1:2 ratio case-control study. Influence of resistance on the appropriateness of antibiotic therapy, length of stay, and hospital mortality were prospectively evaluated.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
February 2013
Objective: The objective of the present study is to compare daily weight gain and laboratory analysis (72-hour fecal fat and steatocrit) with fecal elastase-1 (EL-1) when diagnosing pancreatic insufficiency (PI) in infants with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Methods: A total of 39 infants with CF, diagnosed consecutively by newborn screening at 2 referral centers, were included in the study. Daily weight gain and results of laboratory analysis of stool samples were compared using the κ coefficient and the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve.