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Table 3 Outcomes following initial CDI hospitalization

From: Risk factors for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) hospitalization among hospitalized patients with an initial CDI episode: a retrospective cohort study

Patient characteristics

Patients who developed rCDI

Patients who did not develop rCDI

Hazard ratio

p-value

(n = 425)

(n = 3775)

95% CI

 

Discharged to a healthcare facility

130 (31)

1029 (27)

1.18 (0.96 – 1.45)

0.11

Inpatient readmission(s) before end of iCDI treatment

48 (11)

241 (6)

1.76 (1.30 – 2.37)

<.001

Inpatient readmission(s) after end of iCDI treatment

126 (30)

857 (23)

1.31 (1.07 – 1.62)

0.01

  1. iCDI = initial episode of C. difficile infection, rCDI = recurrent C. difficile infection.