Disease Burden of Clostridium difficile Infections in Adults, Hong Kong, China, 2006–2014

Disease Burden of Clostridium difficile Infections in Adults, Hong Kong, China, 2006–2014

Cross-sectional studies suggest an increasing trend in incidence and relatively low recurrence rates of Clostridium difficile infections in Asia than in Europe and North America. The temporal trend of C. difficile infection in Asia is not completely understood. We conducted a territory-wide populati...

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Main Authors: Jeffery Ho, Rudin Z.W. Dai, Thomas N.Y. Kwong, Xiansong Wang, Lin Zhang, Margaret Ip, Raphael Chan, Peter M.K. Hawkey, Kelvin L.Y. Lam, Martin C.S. Wong, Gary Tse, Matthew T.V. Chan, Francis K.L. Chan, Jun Yu, Siew C. Ng, Nelson Lee, Justin C.Y. Wu, Joseph J.Y. Sung, William K.K. Wu, Sunny H. Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
bacteria
infections
pseudomembranous colitis
surveillance
epidemiology
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/17-0797_article

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