Research Projects & Grants

Other Research

  • Principal Investigator at Loma Linda University Medical Center for study entitled "The Epidemiology, Severity and Risk Factors Related to Clostridium difficile-associated Disease and Clostridium difficile Colitis."  Co-investigators:  Mohammed Jaber, M.D., Snorri Olafsson, M.D., Vernon Smith We hope to:  1)      To determine the incidence, risk factors, severity, and outcome of Clostridium difficile associated disease. 2)      To determine the risk factors (including specific antibiotic use) that are associated with a subgroup of patients who develop severe disease requiring Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission or prolongation of ICU stay. 3)      To characterize those patients who underwent colectomy and those who died. (01/2009 - 09/2009)