Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007

To determine the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection during 2007, we examined infection in adult inpatient and outpatient members of a managed-care organization. Incidence was 14.9 C. difficile infections per 10,000 patient-years. Extrapolating this rate to US adults, we estimate that 284,8...

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Autores principales: Kuntz, Jennifer L., Johnson, Eric S., Raebel, Marsha A., Petrik, Amanda F., Yang, Xiuhai, Thorp, Micah L., Spindel, Steven J., Neil, Nancy, Smith, David H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22608207
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.111528
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author Kuntz, Jennifer L.
Johnson, Eric S.
Raebel, Marsha A.
Petrik, Amanda F.
Yang, Xiuhai
Thorp, Micah L.
Spindel, Steven J.
Neil, Nancy
Smith, David H.
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Johnson, Eric S.
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Petrik, Amanda F.
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description To determine the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection during 2007, we examined infection in adult inpatient and outpatient members of a managed-care organization. Incidence was 14.9 C. difficile infections per 10,000 patient-years. Extrapolating this rate to US adults, we estimate that 284,875 C. difficile infections occurred during 2007.
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spelling pubmed-33581572012-06-01 Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007 Kuntz, Jennifer L. Johnson, Eric S. Raebel, Marsha A. Petrik, Amanda F. Yang, Xiuhai Thorp, Micah L. Spindel, Steven J. Neil, Nancy Smith, David H. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection during 2007, we examined infection in adult inpatient and outpatient members of a managed-care organization. Incidence was 14.9 C. difficile infections per 10,000 patient-years. Extrapolating this rate to US adults, we estimate that 284,875 C. difficile infections occurred during 2007. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3358157/ /pubmed/22608207 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.111528 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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Spindel, Steven J.
Neil, Nancy
Smith, David H.
Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007
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title_fullStr Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007
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title_short Clostridium difficile Infection, Colorado and the Northwestern United States, 2007
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