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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

National Surveillance for Clostridioides difficile Infection, Sweden, 2009–2016

Kristina Rizzardi, Torbjörn Norén, Olov Aspevall, Barbro Mäkitalo, Michael Toepfer, Åsa Johansson, and Thomas ÅkerlundComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden (K. Rizzardi, O. Aspevall, B. Mäkitalo, T. Åkerlund); Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden (T. Norén); Unilabs Clinical Microbiology, Skövde, Sweden (M. Toepfer); Växjö Hospital, Växjö, Sweden (Å. Johansson)

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Figure 4

Correlation between Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) cases and sampling rates, Sweden, 2009–2016. A) Correlation between number of positive CDI cases/100,000 inhabitants per county and sampling rates. B) Correlation between percentage of CDI cases and sampling rates. Dots indicate values per county; lines indicate regression analyses (R values as indicated). C) Mean positivity rate (bars) and mean sampling frequency (line), by year. Error bars show interlaboratory SD in positivity rates.

Figure 4. Correlation between Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) cases and sampling rates, Sweden, 2009–2016. A) Correlation between number of positive CDI cases/100,000 inhabitants per county and sampling rates. B) Correlation between percentage of CDI cases and sampling rates. Dots indicate values per county; lines indicate regression analyses (R values as indicated). C) Mean positivity rate (bars) and mean sampling frequency (line), by year. Error bars show interlaboratory SD in positivity rates.

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