Table 2. History of antibiotics used by the patients, presence of toxigenic C. difficile, and disease severity among pediatric patients with diarrhea.

Measure	N (%)	CDI
		Positive	Negative
		n (%)	n (%)
Parent’s Knowledge of Antibiotics
No	49 (66.2)	16 (21.6)	33 (44.6)
Yes	25 (33.8)	14 (18.9)	11 (14.9)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		3.743, 0.0530*
Use Antibiotics in the last 14 days
No	44 (71.0)	14 (22.6)	30 (48.4)
Yes	18 (29.0)	11 (17.7)	7 (11.3)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		4.555, 0.0328*
Type of Antibiotic Used in the last 14 days
Metronidazole/Flaggy	10 (13.2)	7 (9.2)	3 (4.0)
Other types of Antibiotics	7 (9.2)	4 (5.3)	3 (4.0)
Unknown	59 (77.6)	20 (26.3)	39 (51.3)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		5.468, 0.0650
Used Antibiotics in the Last 90 days (3 Months)
No	52 (70.3)	20 (27.0)	32 (43.2)
Yes	22 (29.7)	11 (14.9)	11 (14.9)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		0.846, 0.3578
Last occurrence of diarrhea prior to clinic visit
Less than 14 days	24 (55.8)	15 (34.9)	9 (20.9)
Last 1 or more months	19 (44.2)	7 (16.3)	12 (27.9)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		2.794; 0.0946
Ailment Experienced prior to Clinic visit
Vomiting	25 (32.9)	11 (14.5)	14 (18.4)
Non-vomiting	30 (39.5)	10 (13.2)	20 (26.3)
Unknown	21 (27.6)	10 (13.2)	11 (14.5)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		1.203; 0.5480
Severity of Diarrhea
Mild	14 (19.7)	7 (9.9)	7 (9.9)
Moderate	47 (66.2)	18 (25.4)	29 (40.9)
Severe	10 (14.1)	3 (4.2)	7 (9.9)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		1.052; 0.5908
Hospitalization due to Diarrhea
No	49 (68.1)	20 (27.8)	29 (40.3)
Yes	23 (31.9)	9 (12.5)	14 (19.4)
Test Statistics: χ2 value, P-value		0.018; 0.8918

Note: Within measure percentages may not add up to 100 exactly due to rounding; within characteristic, “n” may not add up to the total number of records due to missing response.

Significance Level

* = p<0.05; ns = not significant (p>0.05).