Letters to the Editor

Solomon L Flynn C Eldred L Caldeira E Wasserman M Benjamin G . Evaluation of a statewide non-name-based HIV surveillance system. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1999; 22:272–9.

Osmond DH Bindman AB Vranizan K Lehman JS Hecht FM Keane D , etal. Name-based surveillance and public health interventions for persons with HIV infection. Multistate Evaluation of Surveillance for HIV Study Group. Ann Intern Med 1999:131:775–9.

Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Control of sexually transmitted diseases code [cited 2006 Apr 14]. Illinois Department of Public Health, November 1, 2001. Available from: URL: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/077/077006930000300R.html

Public Use Data Tape Documentation. Multiple cause of death for ICD-10 1999–2002 data. Department of Health and Human Services (US), Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics: Hyattsville (MD): 2002.

Pepin J Valiquette L Alary M-E Villemure P Pelletier A Forget K , Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a region of Quebec from 1991 to 2003: a changing pattern of disease severity. CMAJ 2004; 171:466–72.

Dial S Delaney JAC Barkun AN Suissa S . Use of gastric acid-suppressive agents and the risk of community-acquired Clostridium difficile-associated disease. JAMA 2005; 294:2989–95.

Anand A Glatt AE . Clostridium difficile infection associated with antineoplastic chemotherapy: a review. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 17:109–13.

McDonald LC Killgore GE Thompson A Owens RC Kazakova SV Sambol SP , An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile. N Engl J Med 2005; 353:2433–41.

Belanger SD Boissinot M Clairoux N Picard FJ Bergeron MG . Rapid detection of Clostridium difficle in feces by real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:730–4.