Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–20151

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zanichelli, Veronica ; Garenc, Christophe ; Villeneuve, Jasmin ; Moisan, Danielle ; Frenette, Charles ; Loo, Vivian ; Longtin, Yves
• Corporate Authors:
  Québec C.difficile Infection Surveillance Program (SPIN-CD)
• Description:
  The annual incidence rate of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections in Quebec, Canada, has increased by 33.3%, from 0.51 (2008) to 0.68 (2015) cases/100,000 population, while incidence of healthcare-associated cases remained relatively stable. Possible causes include increased disease severity, increased antimicrobial drug use, emergence of virulent strains, and heightened physician awareness.
• Subjects:
  Clostridioides Clostridioides Difficile Clostridium Infections Cross Infection Humans
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(6):1291-1294
• Pubmed ID:
  32441632
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7258478
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Quebec, Canada
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ea1a33aca74938f3a43c74702e49c55af518fff7296e946ce60da78b2fe0e1f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/88866/cdc_88866_DS1.pdf
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