Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases / 2023 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Prevalence of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) among Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients in Comparison to Non-IBD Patients in King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah Table 3 Immunocompromised patient’s characteristics.
Variables Yes = 78 No = 11 valueAge 50.5 (55.0) 27.0 (34.0) 0.645 Age group Adult 50 (84.7) 9 (15.2) 0.244 Pediatric 28 (93.3) 2 (6.7) Gender Female 32 (88.9) 4 (11.1) 0.768 Male 46 (86.8) 7 (13.2) BMI 23.6 (12.3) 22.3 (7.7) 0.556 Diagnosis Crohn disease 0 (0) 1 (100) 0.014 Ulcerative colitis 0 (0) 1 (100) No IBD 78 (89.7) 9 (10.3) Method of diagnosis PCR 69 (86.3) 11 (13.7) 0.234 Culture 9 (100) 0 (0) Treatment duration 10.0 (7.5) 10.0 (3.0) 0.930 Response to treatment Recurrent 30 (90.9) 3 (9.1) 0.584 Resolved 47 (85.5) 8 (14.5) None 1 (100) 0 (0)