Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004

Recent emergence of a virulent strain of Clostridium difficile demonstrates the importance of tracking C. difficile incidence locally. Our survey of New Jersey hospitals documented increases in the rates of C. difficile disease (by 2-fold), C. difficile–associated complications (by 7-fold), and C. d...

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Autores principales: Tan, Esther T., Robertson, Corwin A., Brynildsen, Shereen, Bresnitz, Eddy, Tan, Christina, McDonald, Clifford
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17552112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.060294
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author Tan, Esther T.
Robertson, Corwin A.
Brynildsen, Shereen
Bresnitz, Eddy
Tan, Christina
McDonald, Clifford
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Brynildsen, Shereen
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McDonald, Clifford
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description Recent emergence of a virulent strain of Clostridium difficile demonstrates the importance of tracking C. difficile incidence locally. Our survey of New Jersey hospitals documented increases in the rates of C. difficile disease (by 2-fold), C. difficile–associated complications (by 7-fold), and C. difficile outbreaks (by 12-fold) during 2000–2004.
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spelling pubmed-27259122009-09-10 Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004 Tan, Esther T. Robertson, Corwin A. Brynildsen, Shereen Bresnitz, Eddy Tan, Christina McDonald, Clifford Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Recent emergence of a virulent strain of Clostridium difficile demonstrates the importance of tracking C. difficile incidence locally. Our survey of New Jersey hospitals documented increases in the rates of C. difficile disease (by 2-fold), C. difficile–associated complications (by 7-fold), and C. difficile outbreaks (by 12-fold) during 2000–2004. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2725912/ /pubmed/17552112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.060294 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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Tan, Esther T.
Robertson, Corwin A.
Brynildsen, Shereen
Bresnitz, Eddy
Tan, Christina
McDonald, Clifford
Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004
title Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004
title_full Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004
title_fullStr Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004
title_full_unstemmed Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004
title_short Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004
title_sort clostridium difficile–associated disease in new jersey hospitals, 2000–2004
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17552112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.060294
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