Risk Factors for and Estimated Incidence of Community-associated Clostridium difficile Infection, North Carolina, USA

Risk Factors for and Estimated Incidence of Community-associated Clostridium difficile Infection, North Carolina, USA

We determined estimated incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection (CA-CDI) among patients treated at 6 North Carolina hospitals. CA-CDI case-patients were defined as adults (>18 years of age) with a positive stool test result for C. difficile toxin and...

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Main Authors: Preeta K. Kutty, Christopher W. Woods, Arlene C. Sena, Stephen R. Benoit, Susanna Naggie, Joyce Frederick, Sharon Evans, Jeffery Engel, L. Clifford McDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
enteric infections
incidence
risk factors
community
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0953_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0953_article

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