Clostridium difficile Infection in Outpatients, Maryland and Connecticut, USA, 2002–2007

Hirshon, Jon Mark; Thompson, Angela D.; Limbago, Brandi; McDonald, L. Clifford; Bonkosky, Michelle; Heimer, Robert; Meek, James; Mai, Volker; Braden, Christopher

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Clostridium difficile Infection in Outpatients, Maryland and Connecticut, USA, 2002–2007

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Oct 2011
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Emerg Infect Dis
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Hirshon, Jon Mark ; Thompson, Angela D. ; Limbago, Brandi ; McDonald, L. Clifford ; Bonkosky, Michelle ; Heimer, Robert ; Meek, James ; Mai, Volker ; Braden, Christopher
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Clostridium difficile, the most commonly recognized diarrheagenic pathogen among hospitalized persons, can cause outpatient diarrhea. Of 1,091 outpatients with diarrhea, we found 43 (3.9%) who were positive for C. difficile toxin. Only 7 had no recognized risk factors, and 3 had neither risk factors nor co-infection with another enteric pathogen.
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Adolescent Adult Ambulatory Care Bacterial Toxins Bacterial Typing Techniques Child Child, Preschool Clostridium Infections Dispatch Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous Female Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 17(10):1946-1949.
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Journal Article
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U01CI000296/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States
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Maryland ; Connecticut
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North America
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17
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10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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