Increase in<i>Clostridium difficile</i>–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999<b>–</b>2004

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Authors

Matthew D. Redelings · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Frank Sorvillo · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Laurene Mascola · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Abstract

Reported mortality rates from Clostridium difficile disease in the United States increased from 5.7 per million population in 1999 to 23.7 per million in 2004. Increased rates may be due to emergence of a highly virulent strain of C. difficile. Rates were higher for whites than for other racial/ethnic groups.

Topics & Keywords

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Microscopic Colitis Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 13, Issue 9, pp. 1417-1419

DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.061116

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