title: Rising Incidence of Clostridium difficile Related Discharges among Hospitalized Children in the United States.
abstract: Using a national database, we report an increasing trend in Clostridium difficile incidence among hospitalized children in the United States from 2003 to 2012. The incidence rate of CDI increased from 24.0 to 58.0 per 10,000 discharges per year (P<0.001) across all age groups, with the greatest increase in children 15 years and older. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):104-106.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Gastroenterology,Hepatology, and Motility,Department of Internal Medicine,University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City,Kansas.
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.affiliation: 2Medicine Institute Center for Value Based Care,Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Gastroenterology,Hepatology, and Motility,Department of Internal Medicine,University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City,Kansas.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilroy
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Gastroenterology,Hepatology, and Motility,Department of Internal Medicine,University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City,Kansas.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olyaee
authors.affiliation: 4Geriatric Research,Education and Clinical Center,Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Donskey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology