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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2010; 16(28): 3573-3577
Published online Jul 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i28.3573
Published online Jul 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i28.3573
Table 3 Comparison of antibiotics used before diagnosis of Clostridium-difficile-associated diarrhea between non-recurrent and recurrent group (mean ± SD) n (%)
| Type of antibiotics used | Non-recurrent CDAD (n = 98) | Recurrent CDAD (n = 27) | P value |
| No. of antibiotics used | 2.58 ± 0.9 | 2.43 ± 0.8 | 0.560 |
| No antibiotics | 4 (4.1) | 1 (3.7) | 0.638 |
| 1 antibiotics | 28 (28.6) | 9 (33.3) | 0.497 |
| ≥ 2 antibiotics | 64 (65.3) | 19 (70.4) | 0.435 |
| Penicillin analogue | 19 (19.4) | 6 (22.2) | 0.561 |
| Cephalosporin | 79 (80.6) | 22 (81.4) | 0.613 |
| Clindamycin | 26 (26.5) | 6 (22.2) | 0.265 |
| Quinolone | 17 (17.3) | 7 (25.9) | 0.217 |
| Macrolide | 8 (8.2) | 2 (7.4) | 0.691 |
| Carbapenem | 11 (11.2) | 5 (18.5) | 0.215 |
| Metronidazole | 6 (6.1) | 2 (7.4) | 0.563 |
| Vancomycin | 3 (3.1) | 1 (3.7) | 0.729 |
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Citation: Kim JW, Lee KL, Jeong JB, Kim BG, Shin S, Kim JS, Jung HC, Song IS. Proton pump inhibitors as a risk factor for recurrence of
Clostridium-difficile -associated diarrhea. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(28): 3573-3577 - URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v16/i28/3573.htm
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