Research Article
High Clostridium difficile Infection among HIV-Infected Children with Diarrhea in a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 301 children with diarrhea.
| Study variable | Number of patients | Percent |
| Age in months | | | ≤12 months | 164 | 54.5 | >12 months | 137 | 45.5 | Sex | | | Male | 156 | 51.8 | Female | 145 | 48.2 | Type of stool | | | Watery | 151 | 50.2 | Loose pasty | 150 | 49.8 | Residence | | | Urban | 194 | 64.5 | Rural | 107 | 35.5 | HIV status | | | Positive | 33 | 10.96 | Negative | 268 | 89.04 | Antibiotic use | | | Yes | 266 | 88.4 | No | 35 | 11.6 | Type of toilet use | | | Flush | 115 | 38.2 | Pit | 186 | 61.8 | Type of water source | | | Tap | 205 | 68.1 | Nontap | 96 | 31.9 | Dehydration status | | | No | 158 | 52.5 | Some | 111 | 36.9 | Severe | 32 | 10.6 | Parental income | | | 0-500K | 223 | 74.09 | 500K-1M | 60 | 19.93 | >1M | 18 | 5.98 | Herbal use | | | Yes | 176 | 58.5 | No | 125 | 41.5 |
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