Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Clostridioides difficile*
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Clostridium Infections / drug therapy
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Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
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Cohort Studies
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Colorado / epidemiology
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Female
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Metronidazole / therapeutic use
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Middle Aged
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Northwestern United States / epidemiology
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Vancomycin / therapeutic use
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Young Adult
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Metronidazole
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Vancomycin