2023
Trends in and Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA, 2015–2020 - Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Okafor C, Clogher P, Olson D, Niccolai L, Hadler J. Trends in and Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA, 2015–2020 - Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2023, 29: 877-887. PMID: 37081745, PMCID: PMC10124664, DOI: 10.3201/eid2905.221294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent Clostridioides difficile infectionClostridioides difficile infectionNew Haven CountyPopulation-based laboratory surveillanceRisk factorsMedical risk factorsC. difficile casesHospital-onset casesNitrofurantoin useLaboratory surveillanceHealthcare systemIncreasing burdenTime trendsAssociated variablesIdentified factorsInfectionCOVID-19 pandemicMultiple regressionIncidenceCDCCountyConnecticutMalignancy
2011
Changing Disparities in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity in Connecticut, 1998–2008
Soto K, Petit S, Hadler JL. Changing Disparities in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity in Connecticut, 1998–2008. Public Health Reports 2011, 126: 81-88. PMID: 21836741, PMCID: PMC3150133, DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRace/ethnicityNon-PCV7 serotypesSocioeconomic statusIncidence differenceCensus tract socioeconomic statusInvasive pneumococcal disease incidenceNeighborhood poverty levelInvasive pneumococcal diseasePneumococcal conjugate vaccinePneumococcal disease incidenceSterile body sitesRates of IPDHigh-poverty census tractsAbsence of vaccinesHigh rateIPD incidencePneumococcal diseaseConjugate vaccinePneumococcal isolatesTarget preventionLaboratory surveillancePoverty levelPercentage of peopleWhite peopleBody sites