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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Research

Community- and Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections, Finland, 2008−20131

Saara M. KotilaComments to Author , Silja Mentula, Jukka Ollgren, Anni Virolainen-Julkunen, and Outi Lyytikäinen
Author affiliations: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

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Figure 2

Trends in CDI rates by age group, Finland, 2008–2013. A) CA-CDI; B) HA-CDI. The decrease in the HA-CDI rate was statistically significant (p<0.001) for all age groups except persons 1–14 years of age. CA, community-associated; CDI, Clostridium difficile infection; HA, healthcare-associated.

Figure 2. Trends in CDI rates by age group, Finland, 2008–2013. A) CA-CDI; B) HA-CDI. The decrease in the HA-CDI rate was statistically significant (p<0.001) for all age groups except persons 1–14 years of age. CA, community-associated; CDI, Clostridium difficile infection; HA, healthcare-associated.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented as a poster at the 3rd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control; June 16−19, 2015; Geneva, Switzerland.

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