Underlying Conditions in Community-associated Clostridioides difficile Infections in Davidson County, Tennessee

• Main Authors: Marissa Turner (Author), Kristina McClanahan (Author), Frederick Thompson (Author), Zelda Foster (Author), Raquel Villegas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) are a crucial public health threat becoming a worldwide problem. In 2017, there were 223,900 incident cases and 12,800 deaths in the United States. Underlying conditions, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), put individuals at a greater risk for devel...