Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005

Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in...

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Autores principales: Zilberberg, Marya D., Shorr, Andrew F., Kollef, Marin H.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.071447
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description Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in 2000 to 2.2% in 2004.
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spelling pubmed-26002762009-01-13 Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005 Zilberberg, Marya D. Shorr, Andrew F. Kollef, Marin H. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in 2000 to 2.2% in 2004. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2600276/ /pubmed/18507904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.071447 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Zilberberg, Marya D.
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Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005
title Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005
title_full Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005
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title_full_unstemmed Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005
title_short Increase in Adult Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations and Case-Fatality Rate, United States, 2000–2005
title_sort increase in adult clostridium difficile–related hospitalizations and case-fatality rate, united states, 2000–2005
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.071447
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