Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Clostridium difficile Infections among Hospitalized Children, United States, 1997–2006

Marya D. Zilberberg

, Glenn S. Tillotson, and L. Clifford McDonald

Author affiliations: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (M.D. Zilberberg); EviMed Research Group, LLC, Goshen, Massachusetts, USA (M.D. Zilberberg); ViroPharma Inc., Exton, Pennsylvania, USA (G.S. Tillotson); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.C. McDonald)

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Age-specific incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) hospitalizations, National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 2006. *Newborn (i.e., during hospitalization for birth); †not newborn (i.e., during subsequent hospitalization).

Figure 3. Age-specific incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) hospitalizations, National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 2006. *Newborn (i.e., during hospitalization for birth); †not newborn (i.e., during subsequent hospitalization).

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