Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005

Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005

Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in...

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Main Authors: Marya D. Zilberberg, Andrew F. Shorr, Marin H. Kollef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile–associated disease
hospital
costs
population epidemiology
dispatch
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/07-1447_article

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