TY - JOUR
AU - Redelings, Matthew D.
AU - Sorvillo, Frank
AU - Mascola, Laurene
T1 - Increase in Clostridium difficile–related Mortality Rates, United States, 1999–2004
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2007
VL - 13
IS - 9
SP - 1417
SN - 1080-6059
AB - 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.
KW - Clostridium difficile
KW - mortality
KW - death records
KW - trends
KW - vital statistics
KW - dispatch
KW - United States
DO - 10.3201/eid1309.061116
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/9/06-1116_article
ER - End of Reference