Risk factors for Clostridium difficile toxin-associated diarrhea
Brown E;Talbot GH;Axelrod P;Provencher M;Hoegg C;;
Infection control and hospital epidemiology1990Vol. 11pp. -
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e1990infectionrisk
Abstract
The hospital-wide attack rate for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at our tertiary-care university hospital was 0.02 per 100 patient discharges (0.02%) in 1982, but 0.41% and 1.47% in 1986 and 1987, respectively, with a peak incidence of 2.25% in the fourth quarter of 1987. Hospital antibio …