Zilberberg Marya D, Shorr Andrew F, Kollef Marin H
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01032, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;14(6):929-31. doi: 10.3201/eid1406.071447.
Virulence of and deaths from Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) are on the rise in the United States. The incidence of adult CDAD hospitalizations doubled from 5.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2000 to 11.2 in 2005, and the CDAD-related age-adjusted case-fatality rate rose from 1.2% in 2000 to 2.2% in 2004.
在美国,艰难梭菌相关性疾病(CDAD)的毒力和致死率正在上升。成人CDAD住院率从2000年每10000人中有5.5例增至2005年的11.2例,翻了一番,且与CDAD相关的年龄调整病死率从2000年的1.2%升至2004年的2.2%。