Community- and Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections, Finland, 2008−2013

Community- and Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections, Finland, 2008−2013

We evaluated incidence, case-fatality rate, and trends of community-associated (CA) and healthcare-associated (HA) Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) in Finland during 2008–2013. CDIs were identified in the National Infectious Disease Register, deaths in the National Population Information Syst...

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Main Authors: Saara M. Kotila, Silja Mentula, Jukka Ollgren, Anni Virolainen-Julkunen, Outi Lyytikäinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
bacteria
community-associated infections
healthcare-associated infections
CDIs
incidence
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/10/15-1492_article

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