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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 960 pediatric patients with diarrhea based on Clostridioides difficile toxin B (tcdB) detected by multiplex PCR

From: Detection of Clostridioides difficile toxin B gene: benefits of identifying gastrointestinal pathogens by mPCR assay in the diagnosis of diarrhea in pediatric patients

 

tcdB positive (N = 97)

tcdB negative (N = 863)

P

Age, median (95% CIa)

1.6 (1.4–2.2)

3.8 (3.3–4.5)

< 0.01

Age group (N)

 0 (219)

  Inpatient

12

140

0.09

  Outpatient

11

56

  Subtotal

23

196

 

 1 (153)

  Inpatient

18

95

0.16

  Outpatient

11

29

  Subtotal

29

124

 

 2–6 (265)

  Inpatient

11

204

< 0.01

  Outpatient

15

61

  Subtotal

26

239

 

 7–12 (171)

  Inpatient

7

137

0.42

  Outpatient

3

34

  Subtotal

10

161

 

 13–18 (152)

  Inpatient

9

125

0.36

  Outpatient

0

27

  Subtotal

9

143

 

 Total (960)

  Inpatient

57

674

< 0.01

  Outpatient

40

189

  Subtotal

97

863

 

Sex

  

0.64

 Male

54

502

 

 Female

43

361

Length of stay at testing, median (95% CI)

5 (3.6–6.0)

4 (4.0–5.0)

0.807

30-day mortality

2

10

0.346

Other gastrointestinal pathogens

 Detected

30

295

0.52

 Not detected

67

568

  1. aConfidence interval (CI)