Clostridium difficile Infection in Outpatients, Maryland and Connecticut, USA, 2002–2007
- Jon Mark Hirshon
- Angela D. Thompson
- Brandi M. Limbago
- L. Clifford McDonald
- Michelle Bonkosky
- Robert Heimer
- James I. Meek
- Volker Mai
- Christopher R. Braden
Publication date
October 2011
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Clostridium difficile, the most commonly recognized diarrheagenic pathogen among hospitalized persons, can cause outpatient diarrhea. Of 1,091 outpatients with diarrhea, we found 43 (3.9%) who were positive for C. difficile toxin. Only 7 had no recognized risk factors, and 3 had neither risk factors nor co-infection with another enteric pathogen
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