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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Zilberberg, Marya D. ; Shorr, Andrew F. ; Kollef, Marin H. ;
Zilberberg, Marya D. ; Shorr, Andrew F. ; Kollef, Marin H. ; Less -
Description:
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 2000 to 2.2% in 2004.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Age Factors
Clostridium Difficile
Dispatch
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Hospitalization
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Incidence
Least-Squares Analysis
Length Of Stay
Middle Aged

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 14(6):929-931. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Place as Subject:
United States ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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