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Table 5 Risk factors

From: Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in community teaching hospital: a retrospective study

 

# Out of 60 (%)

Age ≥ 65 years

48 (80)

Length of stay ≥ 14 days

11 (18)

Clindamycin [1]

2 (3)

Fluoroquinolone [1]

30 (50)

3rd Generation Cephalosporin [1]

20 (33)

At least one antibiotic [1]

50 (83)

Proton pump inhibitor [1]

41 (68)

Histamine-2 receptor antagonist [1]

5 (8)

Hospitalization [3]

23 (38)

Recurrent CDI [5]

5 (8)

  1. Risk factors for CDI identified in the study population