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Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States[size=0.7em]Fernanda C. Lessa, M.D., M.P.H., Yi Mu, Ph.D., Wendy M. Bamberg, M.D., Zintars G. Beldavs, M.S., Ghinwa K. Dumyati, M.D., John R. Dunn, D.V.M., Ph.D., Monica M. Farley, M.D., Stacy M. Holzbauer, D.V.M., M.P.H., James I. Meek, M.P.H., Erin C. Phipps, D.V.M., M.P.H., Lucy E. Wilson, M.D., Lisa G. Winston, M.D., Jessica A. Cohen, M.P.H., Brandi M. Limbago, Ph.D., Scott K. Fridkin, M.D., Dale N. Gerding, M.D., and L. Clifford McDonald, M.D. [size=0.7em]N Engl J Med 2015; 372:825-834February 26, 2015DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1408913
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BACKGROUND[size=0.81em]The magnitude and scope of Clostridium difficile infection in the United States continue to evolve.
METHODS[size=0.81em]In 2011, we performed active population- and laboratory-based surveillance across 10 geographic areas in the United States to identify cases of C. difficile infection (stool specimens positive for C. difficile on either toxin or molecular assay in residents ≥1 year of age). Cases were classified as community-associated or health care–associated. In a sample of cases of C. difficile infection, specimens were cultured and isolates underwent molecular typing. We used regression models to calculate estimates of national incidence and total number of infections, first recurrences, and deaths within 30 days after the diagnosis of C. difficile infection.
RESULTS[size=0.81em]A total of 15,461 cases of C. difficile infection were identified in the 10 geographic areas; 65.8% were health care–associated, but only 24.2% had onset during hospitalization. After adjustment for predictors of disease incidence, the estimated number of incident C. difficile infections in the United States was 453,000 (95% confidence interval [CI], 397,100 to 508,500). The incidence was estimated to be higher among females (rate ratio, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.25 to 1.27), whites (rate ratio, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.56 to 2.0), and persons 65 years of age or older (rate ratio, 8.65; 95% CI, 8.16 to 9.31). The estimated number of first recurrences of C. difficile infection was 83,000 (95% CI, 57,000 to 108,900), and the estimated number of deaths was 29,300 (95% CI, 16,500 to 42,100). The North American pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type 1 (NAP1) strain was more prevalent among health care–associated infections than among community-associated infections (30.7% vs. 18.8%, P<0.001)
CONCLUSIONS[size=0.81em]C. difficile was responsible for almost half a million infections and was associated with approximately 29,000 deaths in 2011. (Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC. Supported by the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) Cooperative Agreement between the 10 EIP sites and the CDC. Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. We thank Joelle Nadle, Erin Garcia, and Erin Parker of the California EIP; Helen Johnston of the Colorado EIP; Carol Lyons of the Connecticut EIP; Leigh Ann Clark, Andrew Revis, Olivia Almendares, Zirka Thompson, and Wendy Baughman of the Georgia EIP; Rebecca Perlmutter of the Maryland EIP; Ruth Lynfield of the Minnesota EIP; Nicole Kenslow of the New Mexico EIP; Rebecca Tsay and Deborah Nelson of the New York EIP; Valerie Ocampo of the Oregon EIP; Samir Hannah, L. Amanda Ingram, and Brenda Rue of the Tennessee EIP; Susan Sambol and Laurica Petrella of the Hines VA Hospital; and Ashely Paulick, Johannetsy Avillan, Kamile Rasheed, and Lydia Anderson of the CDC.
SOURCE INFORMATIONThe authors' affiliations are listed in the Appendix. Address reprint requests to Dr. Lessa at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., MS C-25, Atlanta, GA 30333, or atflessa@cdc.gov.
APPENDIXThe authors' affiliations are as follows: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (F.C.L., Y.M., J.A.C., B.M.L., S.K.F., L.C.M.), Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine (M.M.F.), Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (M.M.F.), the CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Division of State and Local Readiness (S.M.H.), and the Atlanta Research and Education Foundation (J.A.C.) — all in Atlanta; the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver (W.M.B.); Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Portland (Z.G.B.); University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (G.K.D.); Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville (J.R.D.); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul (S.M.H.); Yale School of Public Health, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, New Haven (J.I.M.); University of New Mexico, New Mexico Emerging Infections Program, Albuquerque (E.C.P.); Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore (L.E.W.); Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco (L.G.W.); and Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood (D.N.G.), and Edward Hines, Jr., Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines (D.N.G.) — both in Illinois.
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