Increase in Clostridium difficile-related mortality rates, United States, 1999-2004

Matthew D Redelings; Frank Sorvillo; Laurene Mascola

doi:10.3201/eid1309.061116

Increase in Clostridium difficile-related mortality rates, United States, 1999-2004

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;13(9):1417-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1309.061116.

Authors

Matthew D Redelings¹, Frank Sorvillo, Laurene Mascola

Affiliation

¹ Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. mredelings@dhs.co.la.ca.us

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / mortality*
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
United States / epidemiology