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C. diff infections more than double
Quality Improvement Monitor, July 27, 2007
The rate of infections from Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, more than doubled between 1993 and 2003, according to a study in the July Archives of Surgery reported on in the Akron Beacon Journal.
C. diff cases rose from 261 per 100,000 discharged patients in 1993 to 546 per 100,000 patients in 2003, the study found.
C. diff infections, caused by extended antibiotic use, especially among hospital patients, gained prominence in 2004 when a more toxic strain appeared across the United States and Canada, causing severe diarrhea, colon damage, and more deaths, the paper reported.
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