TY  - JOUR
T1  - GAstroenteritis-related deaths increase
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/04/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.510
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1683
EP  - 1683
VL  - 307
IS  - 16
N2  - 
The primary driver of this trend was a 5-fold increase in gastroenteritis deaths associated with Clostridium difficile infections, according to the data from the National Center for Health Statistics, presented in March at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Deaths among patients with C difficile –related gastroenteritis increased from about 2700 in 1999 to 14 500 in 2007. Norovirus was the second leading agent associated with gastroenteritis deaths during this period, with about 800 deaths a year, with peaks during years that a new strain of the virus began circulating.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.510
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.510
ER  -