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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Dispatch

Increased Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Quebec, Canada, 2008–20151

Veronica Zanichelli, Christophe Garenc, Jasmin Villeneuve, Danielle Moisan, Charles Frenette, Vivian Loo, Yves LongtinComments to Author , and Québec C.difficile Infection Surveillance Program (SPIN-CD)
Author affiliations: Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V. Zanichelli, Y. Longtin); Centre de Recherche du CHU de Quebec, Quebec City (C. Garenc); Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (C. Garenc, J. Villeneuve); CSSS Rivière-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (D. Moisan); McGill University Health Centre, Montreal (C. Frenette, V. Loo, Y. Longtin)

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Figure 2

Trends in incidence of HA-CDIs and CA-CDIs analyzed by using linear segmented regression (inflection point of HA-CDI in April 2011) per 4-week period, according to standardized surveillance definitions, Quebec, Canada, April 2008–March 2015. CDI, Clostridioides difficile infection; CA-CDI, community-associated CDI; HA-CDI, healthcare-associated CDI.

Figure 2. Trends in incidence of HA-CDIs and CA-CDIs analyzed by using linear segmented regression (inflection point of HA-CDI in April 2011) per 4-week period, according to standardized surveillance definitions, Quebec, Canada, April 2008–March 2015. CDI, Clostridioides difficile infection; CA-CDI, community-associated CDI; HA-CDI, healthcare-associated CDI.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the IDweek 2018 conference; 2018 Oct 3–7; San Francisco, California, USA (abstract no. 477).

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