Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Discharged from US Short-stay Hospitals, 1996–2003

US hospital discharges for which Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) was listed as any diagnosis doubled from 82,000 (95% confidence interval [CI] 71,000–94,000) or 31/100,000 population in 1996 to 178,000 (95% CI 151,000–205,000) or 61/100,000 in 2003; this increase was significant betw...

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Main Authors: L. Clifford McDonald, Maria Owings, Daniel B. Jernigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-1064_article