| increasing incidence of clostridium difficile infections: results from a 5-year retrospective study in a large teaching hospital in the italian region with the oldest population. | limited information is available on the incidence of clostridium difficile infections (cdis) in italian hospitals. in this study, we assessed the changes in the incidence of cdi over a 5-year period in a teaching hospital in liguria, the italian region with the oldest population. secondary endpoints were the development of severe cdi and 30-day mortality. the annual incidence of cdi/10000 patient-days significantly increased from 0·54 in 2010 to 3·04 in 2014 (χ 2 for trend, p < 0·001). the media ... | 2016 | 27193828 |