Epidemiology of Community-Associated<i>Clostridium difficile</i>Infection, 2009 Through 2011

S. Chitnis, Amit; Holzbauer, Stacy; Belflower, Ruth; G. Winston, Lisa; Bamberg, Wendy; Lyons, Carol; M. Farley, Monica; Dumyati, Ghinwa; Wilson, Lucy; G. Beldavs, Zintars; R. Dunn, John; Hannah Gould, L.; MacCannell, Duncan; N. Gerding, Dale; Clifford McDonald, L.; C. Lessa, Fernanda

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.7056

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Epidemiology of Community-AssociatedClostridium difficileInfection, 2009 Through 2011

Published in JAMA Internal Medicine • Jun 18, 2013

Authors:

Amit S. Chitnis

Stacy Holzbauer

Ruth Belflower

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been increasingly reported among healthy individuals in the community. Recent data suggest that community-associated CDI represents one-third of all C difficile cases. The epidemiology and potential sources of C difficile in the community are not...

Subject

Medicine

Clostridium difficile

Epidemiology

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