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Stool samples were processed in search for parasites, yeasts, bacteria, and rotavirus.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00085470_abs3\">\n                    <jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Third-level referral center, in Mexico City, Mexico, for general internal medicine and surgical problems.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00085470_abs4\">\n                    <jats:title>Patients:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eligible subjects were all new admissions to the hospital from November 1987 to September 1988. Reasons for exclusion were presence of chronic diarrheal disease or melena. There were 115 cases and 111 controls.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00085470_abs5\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Overall risk of acquiring nosocomial diarrhea was 5.5%, or 1.8 episodes per 100 patient-weeks. A potential pathogen was found in 59%. Yeasts and Entamoeba histolytica were the most frequently isolated pathogens. Mortality in cases was 18%, as compared with 5% in controls (p&lt;.01). Multivariate analysis showed enteral feeding, recent enemas, presence of Candida species, use of antacids\/H\n                      <jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub>\n                      -blockers, and presence of nasogastric tubes as significant risk factors for nosocomial diarrhea.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00085470_abs6\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Diarrhea is a common complication in hospitalized patients. It occurs more often than previously suspected and is linked with a substantial mortality, The spectrum of etiologic agents is different from that reported in pediatric hospitals. 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