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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Trends in Incidence and Clinical Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile Infection, Hong Kong

Cosmos L.T. Guo1, Thomas N.Y. Kwong1, Joyce W.Y. Mak, Lin Zhang, Grace C.Y. Lui, Grace L.H. Wong, Margaret Ip, Jun Yu, Joseph J.Y. Sung, William K.K. Wu2, and Sunny H. Wong2Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (C.L.T. Guo, T.N.Y. Kwong, J.W.Y. Mak, L. Zhang, G.C.Y. Lui, G.L.H. Wong, M. Ip, J. Yu, J.J.Y. Sung, W.K.K. Wu, S.H. Wong); Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (J.J.Y. Sung, S.H. Wong)

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Table 1

Crude incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections, by epidemiologic category, Hong Kong, China, 2015–2019*

Year Adult population No. cases
 Incidence†
Overall HA-CDI CA-CDI Overall HA-CDI CA-CDI
2015 6,247,460 3,160 2,921 181 50.6 46.8 2.9
2016 6,301,560 3,303 3,058 185 52.4 48.5 2.9
2017 6,357,420 3,618 3,303 231 56.9 52.0 3.6
2018 6,410,080 3,557 3,248 223 55.5 50.7 3.5
2019 6,481,000 3,467 3,187 205 53.5 49.2 3.2

*Adult is defined as a person >18 years of age. CA-CDI, community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection; HA-CDI, healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection. †No. cases/100,000 adults.

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1These authors contributed equally to this work.

2These authors were co–principal investigators.

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