title: Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals.
abstract: We sought to determine the burden of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection in comparison to other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in community hospitals participating in an infection control network. Our data suggest that C. difficile has replaced MRSA as the most common etiology of HAI in community hospitals in the southeastern United States.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. becky.miller@duke.edu
authors: Becky A
authors: BA
authors: Miller
authors: Luke F
authors: LF
authors: Chen
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Sexton
authors: Deverick J
authors: DJ
authors: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008875:Middle Aged; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*