Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Robin L.P. Jump, Michelle M. Riggs, Ajay K. Sethi, Michael J. Pultz, Tracie Ellis-Reid, William Riebel, Dale N. Gerding, Robert A. Salata, and Curtis J. Donskey
Author affiliations: University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (R.L.P. Jump, R.A. Salata); Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland (M.M. Riggs, M.J. Pultz, T. Ellis-Reid, C.J. Donskey); Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (A.K. Sethi); Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, Ohio, USA (W. Riebel); Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA (D.N. Gerding); Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA (D.N. Gerding)
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Figure. Rates of Clostridium difficile infection for hospital 1 (A) and hospital 2 (B). Arrows indicate the timing of the formulary changes in fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs.
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