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Multicenter Study of <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection Rates from 2000 to 2006

Erik R. Dubberke, Anne M. Butler, Deborah S. Yokoe, Jeanmarie Mayer, Bala Hota, Julie E. Mangino, Yosef Khan, Kyle J. Popovich, Victoria J. Fraser

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2010 · 92 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The increasing incidence rates of CDI over time and across healthcare institutions and the correlation of CDI incidence in different surveillance categories suggest that CDI may be a regional problem and not isolated to a single HCF within a community.

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An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>

L. Clifford McDonald, George Killgore, Angela Thompson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 2K citations · Full text

A Predominantly Clonal Multi-Institutional Outbreak of<i>Clostridium difficile</i>–Associated Diarrhea with High Morbidity and Mortality

Vivian G. Loo, Louise Poirier, Mark A. Miller et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 1.9K citations

<i>Clostridium difficile</i>Infection in Patients Discharged from US Short-stay Hospitals, 1996–20031

L. Clifford McDonald, Maria Owings, Daniel B. Jernigan · Emerging infectious diseases · 2006 · 732 citations · Full text

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Fulminant Clostridium difficile: An Underappreciated and Increasing Cause of Death and Complications

Ramsey M. Dallal, Brian G. Harbrecht, Arthur J. Boujoukas et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2002 · 624 citations · Full text

Recommendations for Surveillance of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>–Associated Disease

L. Clifford McDonald, B. Coignard, Erik R. Dubberke et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2007 · 560 citations