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Table 1 Clinical information of outpatients participated in this study

From: Molecular characteristics of Clostridium difficile in children with acute gastroenteritis from Zhejiang

Characteristics

2013 (n = 84)

2014 (n = 102)

2015 (n = 223)

2016 (n = 203)

2017 (n = 192)

Total (n = 804)

Gender, male n, (%)

55 (65.5)

70 (68.6)

128 (57.4)

129 (63.5)

119 (62.0)

501 (62.3)

Age (yr), Median, (IQR)

0.50 (0.25, 0.73)

0.50 (0.25, 1.00)

0.75 (0.42, 1.25)

0.75 (0.33, 1.25)

0.79 (0.47, 1.00)

0.67 (0.38, 1.00)

Age (yr) n, (%)

  < 6 months (ms)

40 (47.6)

36 (35.3)

70 (31.4)

65 (32.0)

48 (25.0)

259 (32.2)

 6 ms~

32 (38.1)

40 (39.2)

67 (30.0)

67 (33.0)

60 (31.3)

266 (33.1)

 1 yr~

6 (7.1)

16 (15.7)

43 (19.3)

42 (20.7)

55 (28.6)

162 (20.1)

 2 yr~

6 (7.1)

10 (9.8)

43 (19.3)

29 (14.3)

29 (15.1)

117 (14.6)

 Occupation, Scattered children

81 (96.4)

101 (99.0)

216 (96.9)

193 (95.1)

186 (96.9)

777 (96.6)

 Fever, > 38.5 °C

17 (20.2)

24 (23.5)

66 (29.6)

44 (21.7)

65 (33.9)

216 (26.9)

C. difficile isolates n, (%)

11 (13.1)

35 (34.3)

60 (26.9)

36 (17.7)

44 (22.9)

186 (23.1)

 Only toxigenic C. difficile, CA-CDI

10 (11.9)

23 (22.5)

40 (17.9)

26 (12.8)

16 (8.3)

115 (14.3)

 Co-infections

1 (1.2)

11 (10.8)

19 (8.5)

10 (4.9)

28 (14.6)

69 (8.6)

 Total viral infections

4 (4.8)

23 (22.5)

88 (39.5)

63 (31.0)

116 (60.4)

294 (36.6)

 Rotavirus group Aa

2 (2.4)

0

44 (19.7)

30 (14.8)

47 (24.5)

123 (15.3)

 Norovirus GI & GIIb

1 (1.2)

20 (19.6)

19 (8.5)

26 (12.8)

32 (16.7)

98 (12.2)

 Astrovirus

1 (1.2)

0

3 (1.3)

0

3 (1.6)

7 (0.9)

 Sapovirus

0

1 (1.0)

9 (4.0)

3 (1.5)

3 (1.6)

16 (2.0)

 Adenovirus

0

2 (2.0)

4 (1.8)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.5)

10 (1.2)

 Multiple viruses

0

0

9 (4.0)

1 (0.5)

30 (15.6)

40 (5.0)

  1. a: No case was positive for Rotavirus group B;
  2. b: Three cases were positive for Norovirus GI type, one in 2013, two in 2017 including one co-infected with Rotavirus group A