Using oral vancomycin prescriptions as a proxy measure for Clostridium difficile infections: A spatial and time series analysis

Philip M. Polgreen; Ming Yang; Jennifer L. Kuntz; Ramanan Laxminarayan; Joseph E. Cavanaugh

doi:10.1086/660858

Using oral vancomycin prescriptions as a proxy measure for Clostridium difficile infections: A spatial and time series analysis

Philip M. Polgreen
, Ming Yang
, Jennifer L. Kuntz
, Ramanan Laxminarayan
, Joseph E. Cavanaugh

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Sales for a drug may be correlated with the prevalence of a condition treated by the drug. We found that state data revealed a strong spatial association and national data a strong temporal association between Clostridium difficile and oral vancomycin prescription sales, suggesting a new "signal" for detecting disease activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	723-726
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	32
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/660858
State	Published - Jul 2011

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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