Clostridium difficile Infections among Hospitalized Children, United States, 1997–2006

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zilberberg, Marya D. ; Tillotson, Glenn S. ; McDonald, L. Clifford
• Description:
  We evaluated the annual rate (cases/10,000 hospitalizations) of pediatric hospitalizations with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI; International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification code 008.45) in the United States. We performed a time-series analysis of data from the Kids' Inpatient Database within the Health Care Cost and Utilization Project during 1997-2006 and a cross-sectional analysis within the National Hospital Discharge Survey during 2006. The rate of pediatric CDI-related hospitalizations increased from 7.24 to 12.80 from 1997 through 2006; the lowest rate was for children <1 year of age. Although incidence was lowest for newborns (0.5), incidence for children <1 year of age who were not newborns (32.01) was similar to that for children 5-9 years of age (35.27), which in turn was second only to incidence for children 1-4 years of age (44.87). Pediatric CDI-related hospitalizations are increasing. A better understanding of the epidemiology and outcomes of CDI is urgently needed.
• Subjects:
  • Research
  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(4):604-609.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7936/cdc_7936_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 286.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0185361715a81d77259115c291a9da8a1a3985086c54578c9fcb86054995155b