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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of CDI patients (Nā€‰=ā€‰84)

From: The microbial diversity following antibiotic treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection

Parameter

Ā 

Age (years), meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD

72.42ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.74

Gender, n (%)

Ā 

Ā Male

41 (48.81)

Ā Female

43 (51.19)

Infection acquisition, n (%)

Ā 

Ā Nosocomial

47 (55.95)

Ā Community-acquired

37 (44.05)

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

Ā 

Ā Alive

67 (79.76)

Ā Dead during hospitalization

17 (20.24)

Disease Severitya, n (%)

Ā 

Ā Mild

58 (71.6)

Ā Moderate

20 (24.7)

Ā Severe

3 (3.7)

Number of antibiotic classes received before CDI onset, n (%)

Ā 

Ā 1

38 (45.24)

Ā 2

32 (38.1)

Ā 3

10 (11.9)

Ā 4

4 (4.76)

  1. aDisease severity was calculated for 81 patients only