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Table 3 Number of persons with multiple incident CDI episodes (no other CDI diagnosis within 12 weeks)

From: The burden of clostridium difficile infection: estimates of the incidence of CDI from U.S. Administrative databases

 

Medicare

LabRx

SID

Size of the cohort

1,465,927

7,255,708

5,575,935

No CDI

1,456,526

7,251,046

5,508,903

Only one CDI

9,155 (97.4)a

4,429 (95.0)

65,549 (97.9)

2 CDI

241 (2.6)

215 (4.6)

1,403 (2.1)

> 2 CDI

5 (0.05)

18 (0.4)

28 (0.04)

  1. aPercentages refer to percentage of persons with CDI
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