Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in Hospital Stays, 2009
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb124.pdf
Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that is a common cause of healthcare-associated infectious colitis. In 2009 there were 336,000 such infections during hospital stays, nearly 1% of all hospital stays. This report provides characteristics of hospital stays with CDI. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
