Clostridium difficile Infections

Data & Statistics about Clostridium difficile Infections

Publications

• Surveillance for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile --- Connecticut, 2006, MMWR 2008
• C. difficile-associated disease in New Jersey hospitals, 2000–2004. EID 2007
• Surveillance Definitions for C. difficile-Associated Disease, ICHE 2007 PDF (226KB / 6pages)
• Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Discharged from US Short-Stay Hospitals, 1996–2003 EID Journal 2006
• Severe Clostridium difficile—Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk: Four States, 2005 MMWR 2005

The following map illustrates the States with the North American Pulsed Field Type 1 (NAP1) strain of C.difficile, October, 2008

 
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The States confirmed by CDC are:

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• Washington DC
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

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