Epidemiological Features of Clostridium difficile Colonizing the Intestine of Jordanian Infants
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of 287 infants with positive and negative C. difficile culture.
Variables
Number (%) of positive C. difficile
Number (%) of negative C. difficile
value
Age by group
1 day–≤30 days
15 (8.7)
157 (91.3)
0.050
>1 month–≤1 year
22 (19.5)
93 (80.5)
Gender
Male
18 (11.9)
133 (88.1)
0.605
Female
19 (14.0)
117 (86.0)
Hospital ward
0 (0.0)
50 (100)
0.001
OPD
37 (15.6)
200 (84.4)
Antibiotics treatment
Yes
10 (10.5)
85 (89.5)
0.400
No
27 (14.1)
165 (85.9)
Yes
3 (23.1)
10 (76.9)
0.262
No
34 (12.4)
240 (87.6)
Hospital length of stay
1–7 days
14 (14.1)
85 (85.9)
0.062
8–30 days
1 (2.0)
49 (98.0)
>30 days
2 (15.4)
11 (84.6)
Gestational age
<32
0 (0.0)
12 (100)
0.420
32–36
9 (14.3)
54 (85.7)
37–39
16 (11.6)
122 (88.4)
>39
12 (16.2)
62 (83.8)
Birth weight
≤2500
16 (16.2)
83 (83.8)
0.230
>2500
21 (11.2)
167 (88.8)
Mode of delivery
Normal vaginal delivery
20 (13.8)
125 (86.2)
0.654
Cesarean section
17 (12.0)
125 (88.0)
Type of feeding
Breast
4 (5.1)
74 (94.9)
0.012
Formula and mix
33 (15.8)
176 (84.2)
50 newborns which were admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). soft stools without any clinically significant gastrointestinal symptoms or diarrhea during the collection of the specimens.