Temporal Trends in CF Hospitalizations with coexisting diagnosis of C. difficile
We analyzed a total of 21, 616 pediatric hospitalizations between the years 1997 to 2016, of which 1.1% (240) of hospitalizations had concurrent code for CDI. The proportions of C. difficilediagnosis among all hospitalizations during the seven time points between 1997 and 2016 showed an overall increasing trend at 0.64%, 0.60%, 0.96%, 1.77%, 1.42%, 1.43% and 1.73%, respectively (P<0.001 for trend). (Figure 1)