title: Clostridium difficile infection, Colorado and the northwestern United States, 2007.
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.
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR 97227, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kuntz
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Marsha A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Raebel
authors.forename: Amanda F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Petrik
authors.forename: Xiuhai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Micah L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Thorp
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Spindel
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Neil
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003120:Colorado / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D015205:Northwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008795:Metronidazole; D014640:Vancomycin