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
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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/PMC2857309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252127
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061116
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description 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/ethnic groups.
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spelling pubmed-28573092010-05-06 Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004 Redelings, Matthew D. Sorvillo, Frank Mascola, Laurene Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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/ethnic groups. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2857309/ /pubmed/18252127 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.061116 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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Redelings, Matthew D.
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Mascola, Laurene
Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
title Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
title_full Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
title_fullStr Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
title_full_unstemmed Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
title_short Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
title_sort increase in clostridium difficile–related mortality rates, united states, 1999–2004
topic Dispatch
url 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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