Trends in incidence of long-term-care facility onset Clostridium difficile infections in 10 US geographic locations during 2011-2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Infect Control
• Personal Author:
  Guh, Alice Y. ; Mu, Yi ; Baggs, James ; Winston, Lisa G. ; Bamberg, Wendy ; Lyons, Carol ; Farley, Monica M. ; Wilson, Lucy E. ; Holzbauer, Stacy M. ; Phipps, Erin C. ; Beldavs, Zintars G. ; Kainer, Marion A. ; Karlsson, Maria ; Gerding, Dale N. ; Dumyati, Ghinwa
• Description:
  During 2011-2015, the adjusted long-term-care facility onset Clostridium difficile infection incidence rate in persons aged ≥65 years decreased annually by 17.45% (95% confidence interval, 14.53%-20.43%) across 10 US sites. A concomitant decline in inpatient fluoroquinolone use and the C difficile epidemic strain NAP1/027 among persons aged ≥65 years may have contributed to the decrease in long-term-care facility-onset C difficile infection incidence rate.
• Subjects:
  Clostridium Infections Humans Incidence Long-Term Care Residential Facilities Retrospective Studies United States
• Keywords:
  Chlorination Fluoroquinolone Household Water Treatment NAP1/027 Safe Water Storage
• Source:
  Am J Infect Control. 46(7):840-842
• Pubmed ID:
  29329918
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6489441
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8078721e90238efd9eeb802bd8aea669824529a9c266f0178e18578e2191dae9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78298/cdc_78298_DS1.pdf
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