Epidemiological and clinical burden of Clostridioides difficile infections and recurrences between 2015 − 2019: the RECUR Germany study

Table 2 Number and percentage of patients with rCDI episodes from 2015 to 2019

		2015–2019
Total patients	N	11,884
Patients with rCDIs (any number)	n (%)	2,122 (17.86%)
• Patients with 1 rCDI	n (%^a)	1,609 (13.54%)
• Patients with 2 rCDIs	n (%^a)	360 (3.03%)
• Patients with ≥ 3 rCDIs	n (%^a)	153 (1.29%)
• Number of rCDIs per patient	Mean (SD)	0.24 (0.60)
• Number of rCDIs per patient	Min; Max	0; 8

^a Proportion estimated with respect to all CDI patients
rCDI: Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection; Max: Maximum; Min: Minimum; N: Number of patients; SD: Standard deviation

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