TY - JOUR
T1 - Increase in clostridium difficile-related hospitalizations among infants in the United States, 2000-2005
AU - Zilberberg, Marya D.
AU - Shorr, Andrew F.
AU - Kollef, Marin H.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Virulence and mortality of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) are increasing in the United States. Infant CDAD hospitalization incidence nearly doubled from 2.8 to 5.1 cases per 10,000 hospitalizations between 2000 and 2005. Because incidence of hospitalizations with other infectious enteritides has remained essentially stable, this growth in CDAD cannot be explained by a gastroenteritis reporting bias.
AB - Virulence and mortality of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) are increasing in the United States. Infant CDAD hospitalization incidence nearly doubled from 2.8 to 5.1 cases per 10,000 hospitalizations between 2000 and 2005. Because incidence of hospitalizations with other infectious enteritides has remained essentially stable, this growth in CDAD cannot be explained by a gastroenteritis reporting bias.
KW - Clostridium difficile-associated disease
KW - hospital
KW - pediatric
KW - population epidemiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=58149375208&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817eef13
DO - 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817eef13
M3 - Article
C2 - 19068517
AN - SCOPUS:58149375208
SN - 0891-3668
VL - 27
SP - 1111
EP - 1113
JO - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
JF - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
IS - 12
ER -