Clostridium difficile associated infection, diarrhea and colitis

Figure 3 Trends in hospital stays associated with C. difficile-associated disease, 1993-2005. (From Elixhauser and Jhung[82]) shows the trend in CDAD from 1993 through 2005. During the 8-year period from 1993 until 2001, the total number of hospital discharges with CDAD increased from approximately 85 700 to 148 900 per year, 74% increase. However, during the following 4-year period, from 2001 to 2005, the rate of increase for CDAD escalated, when the numbers of cases more than doubled to 301 200 (a 102 percent increase in 4 years). There were a total of 2 037 900 hospital discharges with CDAD over this 12-year period.