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Table 7 Association between patients’ symptoms and CDT status respective to underlying diseases condition (n = 2036)

From: Pancreatic disease patients are at higher risk for Clostridium difficile infection compared to those with other co-morbidities

Symptoms

Pancreatic diseases (%)

Hepatic diseases (%)

Renal diseases (%)

Malignancies (%)

Miscellaneous diseases (%)

p-value

Bloody diarrhea

 Pos

6

4

4

7

15

0.65

 Neg

10

5

15

26

32

 Total

16

9

19

33

47

 

Watery diarrhea

 Pos

69

30

50

65

71

0.06

 Neg

158

115

214

245

251

 Total

227

145

264

310

322

 

Mucus in stool

 Pos

42

17

20

31

31

0.29

 Neg

108

63

89

131

140

 Total

150

80

109

162

171

 

Abdominal pain

 Pos

55

28

27

49

39

0.07

 Neg

129

69

118

159

170

 Total

184

97

145

208

209

 

Fever

 Pos

49

17

23

58

41

0.18

 Neg

119

57

108

219

171

 Total

168

74

131

277

212

 
  1. CDT Clostridium difficile toxins, Pos positive, Neg negative