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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Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2006-03-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-1064_article |