Table 3 Number of Clostridium difficile patients treated in the Oulu University Hospital in 2009–2016
From: Clostridium difficile infections in teaching hospital in northern Finland
| Year | Number of patients with positive samples | Number of patients with negative samples | Number of all patients with samples taken | The percentage of positive samples of all samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 239 | 1103 | 1342 | 17.8 |
| 2010 | 221 | 1190 | 1411 | 15.7 |
| 2011 | 263 | 2376 | 2639 | 10.0 |
| 2012 | 231 | 1313 | 1544 | 15.0 |
| 2013 | 261 | 1547 | 1808 | 14.4 |
| 2014 | 287 | 1551 | 1838 | 15.6 |
| 2015 | 267 | 1507 | 1774 | 15.1 |
| 2016 | 230 | 1586 | 1816 | 12.7 |
