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Table 4 Time from index CDI episode to first rCDI, and from previous rCDI to next rCDI

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

 

Indicator

Measure

Total number of CDI patients

N

9,977

Patients with ≥ 1 rCDI

n (%)

1,802 (18.06%)

Time from index CDI to first rCDI (days)

Median time in days to event [95% CI]

20 [19.00; 21.00]

Q1; Q3

10.00; 33.00

Patients with ≥ 2 rCDIs

n (%)

446 (4.47%)

Time from first rCDI to second rCDI (days)

Median time to event [95% CI]

22 [21.00; 25.00]

Q1; Q3

12.00; 35.00

Patients with ≥ 3 rCDIs

n (%)

134 (1.34%)

Time from second rCDI to third rCDI (days)

Median time to event [95% CI]

21 [17.00; 24.00]

Q1; Q3

9.00; 35.00

Patients with at ≥ 4rCDIs

n (%)

39 (0.39%)

Time from third rCDI to fourth rCDI (days)

Median time to event [95% CI]

22 [18.00; 28.00]

Q1; Q3

13.00; 32.00

Min; Max

4; 59

  1. *Data presented until fourth rCDI.
  2. CDI: C. difficile infection; CI: Confidence interval; Max: Maximum; Min: Minimum; Q1: 25th percentile; Q3: 75th percentile; rCDI: Recurrent C. difficile infection