Clostridium difficile-associated disease in New Jersey hospitals, 2000-2004.
Recent emergence of a virulent strain of Clostridium difficile demonstrates the importance of tracking C. difficile incidence locally. Our survey of New Jersey hospitals documented increases in the rates of C. difficile disease (by 2-fold), C. difficile-associated complications (by 7-fold), and C. difficile outbreaks (by 12-fold) during 2000-2004.
Tan
Esther T
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New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey, USA. esthertan@post.harvard.edu
Robertson
Corwin A
CA
Brynildsen
Shereen
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Bresnitz
Eddy
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Tan
Christina
C
McDonald
Clifford
C
D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance