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Rising Incidence of Clostridium difficile Related Discharges among Hospitalized Children in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2015

Chaitanya Pant ,
Abhishek Deshpande ,
Richard Gilroy ,
Mojtaba Olyaee  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Chaitanya Pant*
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Motility, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Abhishek Deshpande
Affiliation:
Medicine Institute Center for Value Based Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Infectious Diseases, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Richard Gilroy
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Motility, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Mojtaba Olyaee
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Motility, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Curtis J. Donskey
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
*
Address correspondence to Chaitanya Pant, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Motility, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas, KS 66160 ([email protected]).
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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

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 104 - 106
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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