title: Clostridium difficile infection in the hospitalized pediatric population: increasing trend in disease incidence.
abstract: To determine whether the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection continues to increase in hospitalized pediatric patients, we evaluated data from a United States national inpatient database. For the period of 2003 to 2009, we found an increasing trend in the incidence of C. difficile infection. These data suggest greater effort be given to prevent and treat this infection in children.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; †Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK; ‡Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and §Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Donskey
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sferra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult