TY - JOUR AU - Tan, Esther T. AU - Robertson, Corwin A. AU - Brynildsen, Shereen AU - Bresnitz, Eddy AU - Tan, Christina AU - McDonald, Clifford T1 - Clostridium difficile–associated Disease in New Jersey Hospitals, 2000–2004 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 498 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Recent emergence of a virulent strain of Clostridium difficile demonstrates the importance of tracking C. difficile incidence locally. Our survey of New Jersey hospitals documented increases in the rates of C. difficile disease (by 2-fold), C. difficile–associated complications (by 7-fold), and C. difficile outbreaks (by 12-fold) during 2000–2004. KW - Clostridium difficile KW - hospital infections KW - surveillance KW - New Jersey KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1303.060294 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/3/06-0294_article ER - End of Reference