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- Hospital onset-Clostridioides difficile infection incidence rate from July 2019 to March 2022 in Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ICU: intensive care unit, SOT: solid organ transplant, HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplant
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- Prevalence of known Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) risk factors noted in our study. ICU: intensive care unit, W: week
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- Antibiotics prescribed during Clostridioides difficile infection diagnosis.
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Epidemiological and outcome data n (%) Gender Male 67 (51.5) Female 63 (48.5) Age Pediatrics patients (≤14 years) 23 (17.6) patients Adults 107 (82.4) 15-65 year old 58 (44.7) >65 year old 49 (37.7) Total CDI cases (n=139) Incident cases 130 (93.5) cases Recurrent cases 9 (6.5) cases Hospital onset 102 (73.4) Community onset 12 (8.7) Community onset hospital associated 25 (17.9) Mean CDI incidence rate Hospital wide 1.62 cases/10000PD ICUs 3 cases/10000 PD Oncology-SOT, HSCT 2.72 cases/10000PD Presence of CDI risk factors Patients with zero risk factor 3 (2.4) Patients with 1-3 risk factors 84 (64.6) Patients with more 3 risk factors 43 (33.0) Antibiotic prescription at the moment of CDI diagnosis Yes 56 (40.2) No 83 (59.8) CDI complications Toxic mega colon 2 (1.4) cases Refractory colitis 1 (0.7) case 28-day mortality rate 5 (3.8) Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%).
CDI: Clostridioides difficile infection, ICU: intensive care unit, SOT: solid organ transplant, HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplant, PD: patient days
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