Table 2.

Frequencies of Clostridioides difficile and toxigenic C. difficile carriers by hospital and by ward.

	Patients	C. difficile carriage		Toxigenic C. difficile carriage
	n	n	%	n	%
Hospital
EGP01	433	23	5.3	17	3.9
AV02	265	17	6.4	10	3.8
JV03	92	6	6.5	3	3.3
RM04	76	2	2.6	2	2.6
CC05	180	10	5.6	6	3.3
VG06	90	5	5.6	4	4.4
NCK07	336	68	20.2	25	7.4
RP08	134	13	9.7	7	5.2
SA09	402	24	6.0	15	3.7
CCH10	307	12	3.9	3	1.0
PB11	74	5	6.8	1	1.3
Ward
Medical	1,085	66	6.1	35	3.2
Surgery	263	15	5.7	10	3.8
Motherhood	141	1	0.7	1	0.7
Nursling	203	35	17.2	9	4.4
Pediatrics	171	40	23.4	17	9.9
Adult intensive care unit	129	8	6.2	6	4.6
Long-term care facilities	390	18	4.6	13	3.3
Unknow	7	2	28.6	2	28.6
Age
[0–3] years	286	64	22.4	20	7.0
]3–18] years	94	12	12.8	6	6.4
]18–45] years	409	17	4.2	11	2.7
]45–65] years	528	32	6.1	19	3.6
>65 years	1,072	60	5.6	37	3.4
Time from admission
[0–3] days	769	37	4.8	18	2.3
]3–7] days	522	42	8.1	22	4.2
>7 days	1,056	104	9.8	51	4.8
Unknow	42	2	4.8	2	4.8
Total	2,389	185	7.7	93	3.9