Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007

Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007

To determine the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection during 2007, we examined infection in adult inpatient and outpatient members of a managed-care organization. Incidence was 14.9 C. difficile infections per 10,000 patient-years. Extrapolating this rate to US adults, we estimate that 284,8...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L. Kuntz, Eric S. Johnson, Marsha A. Raebel, Amanda F. Petrik, Xiuhai Yang, Micah L. Thorp, Steven J. Spindel, Nancy Neil, David H. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
incidence
infection
bacteria
Colorado
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/6/11-1528_article

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