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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2010-02-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0953_article |
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