Table 2 Antibiotic usage prior to C. difficile infection according to different ribotypes and study intervals
From: Clostridioides difficile ribotype distribution in a large teaching hospital in Serbia
Previously used antibiotics | Ribotype 027 N = 53 | Other ribotypes N = 11 | p | 2014/2015 N = 45 | 2017/2018 N = 19 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fluoroquinolones n (%) | 33 (62.3%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0.010 | 29 (64.5%) | 6 (31.6%) | 0.027 |
Cephalosporins n (%) | 18 (33.9%) | 5 (45.4%) | 0.504 | 15 (33.3%) | 8 (42.1%) | 0.573 |
Carbapenems n (%) | 2 (3.8%) | 4 (36.4%) | 0.006 | 1 (2.2%) | 5 (26.3%) | 0.007 |