Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 20071

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kuntz, Jennifer L. ; Johnson, Eric S. ; Raebel, Marsha A. ; Petrik, Amanda F. ; Yang, Xiuhai ; Thorp, Micah L. ; Spindel, Steven J. ; Neil, Nancy ; Smith, David H.
• Description:
  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 284,875 C. difficile infections occurred during 2007.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Anti-Bacterial Agents Clostridium Infections Cohort Studies Dispatch Female Humans Incidence Male Metronidazole Middle Aged Vancomycin Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(6):960-962.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Northwestern United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e80f7f0b27e83dd6be044073a18c922fc65407daf649f8d0f855e65ddce929e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23584/cdc_23584_DS1.pdf
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