Table 2 Categorization of CDI episodes in the different databases

Hospital-Onset

3,223 (33.4)

449 (9.1)

46,347 (67.7)

3,984 (64.8)

211,344 (62.8)

Other Healthcare-Facility Onset

2,425 (25.1)

54 (1.1)

392 (5.7)

–

–

Community-Onset Hospital-associated

1,258 (13.0)

599 (12.2)

8,048 (11.8)

–

–

Community-Onset Indeterminate-association

561 (5.8)

451 (9.2)

4,139 (6.0)

–

–

Community-Onset Community-associated

2,185 (22.6)

3,360 (68.4)

9,514 (13.9)

–

–

Community-Onset Unknown association^b

–

–

–

2,161 (35.2)

125,221 (37.2)