The study, which was presented at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, examined data from U.S. National Hospital Discharge Surveys from 2001 to 2010. The CDI incidence increased from 4.5 cases per 1,000 hospitalizations in 2010 to 8.2 cases per 1,000 hospitalizations in 2010.
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Overall, 2.2 million patients were discharged with CDI over the 10-year study period, according to the report.
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