Trends in incidence of long-term-care facility onset Clostridium difficile infections in 10 US geographic locations during 2011-2015

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2018-06-28

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Guh, Alice Y., Yi Mu, James Baggs, Lisa G. Winston, Wendy Bamberg, Carol Lyons, Monica M. Farley, et al. “Trends in Incidence of Long-Term-Care Facility Onset Clostridium Difficile Infections in 10 US Geographic Locations during 2011-2015.” American Journal of Infection Control 46, no. 7 (July 1, 2018): 840–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.11.026.

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During 2011-2015, the adjusted long-term-care facility onset Clostridium difficile infection incidence rate in persons aged ≥65 years decreased annually by 17.45% (95% confidence interval, 14.53%-20.43%) across 10 US sites. A concomitant decline in inpatient fluoroquinolone use and the C difficile epidemic strain NAP1/027 among persons aged ≥65 years may have contributed to the decrease in long-term-care facility-onset C difficile infection incidence rate.