Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015

The annual incidence rate of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections in Quebec, Canada, has increased by 33.3%, from 0.51 (2008) to 0.68 (2015) cases/100,000 population, while incidence of healthcare-associated cases remained relatively stable. Possible causes include increased dise...

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Autores principales: Zanichelli, Veronica, Garenc, Christophe, Villeneuve, Jasmin, Moisan, Danielle, Frenette, Charles, Loo, Vivian, Longtin, Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7258478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32441632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.190233
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author Zanichelli, Veronica
Garenc, Christophe
Villeneuve, Jasmin
Moisan, Danielle
Frenette, Charles
Loo, Vivian
Longtin, Yves
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description The annual incidence rate of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections in Quebec, Canada, has increased by 33.3%, from 0.51 (2008) to 0.68 (2015) cases/100,000 population, while incidence of healthcare-associated cases remained relatively stable. Possible causes include increased disease severity, increased antimicrobial drug use, emergence of virulent strains, and heightened physician awareness.
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spelling pubmed-72584782020-06-09 Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015 Zanichelli, Veronica Garenc, Christophe Villeneuve, Jasmin Moisan, Danielle Frenette, Charles Loo, Vivian Longtin, Yves Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch The annual incidence rate of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections in Quebec, Canada, has increased by 33.3%, from 0.51 (2008) to 0.68 (2015) cases/100,000 population, while incidence of healthcare-associated cases remained relatively stable. Possible causes include increased disease severity, increased antimicrobial drug use, emergence of virulent strains, and heightened physician awareness. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7258478/ /pubmed/32441632 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.190233 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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Zanichelli, Veronica
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Frenette, Charles
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Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
title Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
title_full Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
title_fullStr Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
title_full_unstemmed Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
title_short Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–2015
title_sort increased community-associated clostridioides difficile infections in quebec, canada, 2008–2015
topic Dispatch
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