Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004

Reported mortality rates from Clostridium difficile disease in the United States increased from 5.7 per million population in 1999 to 23.7 per million in 2004. Increased rates may be due to emergence of a highly virulent strain of C. difficile. Rates were higher for whites than for other racial/ethn...

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Autores principales: Redelings, Matthew D., Sorvillo, Frank, Mascola, Laurene
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252127
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061116

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252127
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061116

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