TY - JOUR
T1 - Increase in adult Clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations and case-fatality rate, United States, 2000-2005
AU - Zilberberg, Marya D.
AU - Shorr, Andrew F.
AU - Kollef, Marin H.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in 2000 to 2.2% in 2004.
AB - Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in 2000 to 2.2% in 2004.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1406.071447
DO - 10.3201/eid1406.071447
M3 - Article
C2 - 18507904
AN - SCOPUS:45249099998
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 14
SP - 929
EP - 931
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -