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Clostridium difficile is an important cause of nosocomial infection in the pediatric population. The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact of Clostridium difficile infection complicating pediatric acute appendicitis. This study utilizes the combined 2009 and 2012 Kids' Inpatient Database. Statistical analysis is weighted and was done using Survey Sampling and Analysis procedures in SAS 9.4. We identified 176,934 cases with appendicitis and 0.2% (n = 358) had a concurrent diagnosis of C. difficile. The proportion of cases w