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- Title
Clostridium difficile Infection in Outpatients, Maryland and Connecticut, USA, 2002-2007.
- Authors
Hirshon, Jon Mark; Thompson, Angela D.; Limbago, Brandi; McDonald, L. Clifford; Bonkosky, Michelle; Heimer, Robert; Meek, James; Mai, Volker; Braden, Christopher
- Abstract
Clostridium difficile, the most commonly recognized diarrheagenic pathogen among hospitalized persons, can cause outpatient diarrhea. Of 1,091 outpatients with diarrhea, we found 43 (3.9%) who were positive for C. difficile toxin. Only 7 had no recognized risk factors, and 3 had neither risk factors nor co-infection with another enteric pathogen.
- Subjects
MARYLAND; UNITED States; CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile; DIARRHEA; TOXINS; PATHOGENIC microorganisms
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 10, p1946
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1710.110069