Characteristics of patients infected with Clostridioides difficile at a Saudi Tertiary Academic Medical Center and assessment of antibiotic duration

Table 1 Patients characteristics

Characteristic	N (%) or Median [IQR]
Age (years)	62 (48–71)
Sex (male)	80 (50.3)
Hospital unit
Medical	129 (81.1)
ICU	19 (11.9)
ED	11 (6.9)
Acquisition
CA-CDI	28 (17.6)
HO-CDI	113 (71.1)
CO-HCFA	18 (11.3)
Severity
Non-severe	71 (44.7)
Severe	47 (29.6)
Severe complicated (fulminant)	41 (25.8)
Time to CDI from admission, days^a	7 (2–20)
Non-CDI antibiotic therapy	121 (76.1)
Number of antibiotics^b	3 (1–5)
Cancer chemotherapy	22 (13.8)
Acid suppression therapy	120 (75.5)
Type of acid suppression therapy^c
Proton pump inhibitor	47 (29.6)
H₂-receptor antagonist	2 (1.3)
Antacid	1 (0.6)
> 1 type	70 (44)
Lower gastrointestinal disease	14 (8.8)

^aIn hospitalized patients, excluding patients presented to the ED
^bIn the subset of patients who received antibiotics
^cIn the subset of patients who received acid suppression therapy
CA-CDI community-acquired C. difficile infection, CDI C. difficile infection, CO-HCFA community-onset healthcare facility-associated, DOT days of therapy, ED emergency department, HO-CDI, hospital-onset C. difficile infection, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range

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