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The Past, Present, and Future Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease Rates of CDAD Tripled in US Hospitals Annual VHA Discharges with C. difficile Epidemics VHA CDAD Rates by Age CDAD Rates and Mortality Rates* of C. difficile Enterocolitis as Underlying Cause of Death on US Death Certificates Pathogenicity of C. difficile Toxigenic and Non-Toxigenic C. difficile Strains Typing Systems/Nomenclature for Possible Virulence Factors States with the Epidemic Strain of C. difficile Outbreak Strains Are NOT New: Comparison of Host Protection Against CDAD Role of Antibiotics in CDAD Time-Course of Antimicrobial Effect Hypothesis for C. difficile Hospital Infection Reduced Risk of CDAD in Patients Asymptomatic