# Clostridium difficile outbreak — Mississippi, 2017-04
> **Person-to-person** · Suspected · 9 ill / 5 hosp / 2 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-fd6a9b9dde70
- **Date:** 2017-04
- **State:** Mississippi
- **Primary mode:** Person-to-person
- **Etiology:** Clostridium difficile
- **Etiology status:** Suspected
- **Setting:** Long-term care/nursing home/assisted living facility
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 9
- **Hospitalizations:** 5
- **Deaths:** 2
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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