Table 2 Main characteristics of adult CD patients (N = 261) treated in Oulu University Hospital in 2013
From: Clostridium difficile infections in teaching hospital in northern Finland
Variable | |
|---|---|
Gender (M/F) | 125/136 (48/52%) |
Age (yrs, mean, SD) | 64.8 (19.1) |
Departmenta (medicine/surgery) | 192/69 (74/26%) |
Positive CD culture | 32 (12%) |
Genotyping | 10 (3.8%) |
Diabetes | 58 (22%) |
Immunosuppressive | 76 (29%) |
IBDb | 7 (2.7%) |
Chronic renal disease | 18 (6.9%) |
Preceding antibiotics | |
Cephalosporins | 127 (48%) |
Other beta-lactams | 102 (39%) |
Fluoroquinolones | 37 (14%) |
Clindamycin | 20 (7.7%) |
Vancomycin | 27 (10%) |
Antifungals | 10 (3.8%) |
Other antibiotics | 19 (7.3%) |
No data | 34 (13%) |