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. 2024 Mar 20;39(12):e118. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e118

Table 2. CDI incidence rates in participating hospitals.

Variables Tertiary hospitals General hospitals
A B C E F G H I J M T L N O P Q R S
No. of diarrheal patients 7,267 866 353 2,726 651 4,135 2,434 897 758 3,510 995 239 1,337 1,344 935 309 1,164 292
No. of CDI patients 151 26 56 28 44 39 54 85 57 65 41 53 37 43 21 29 48 30
No. of healthcare-associated CDI patients 136 25 56 26 44 36 50 80 57 60 37 53 30 38 17 24 47 23
No. of community-associated CDI patients 15 1 0 2 0 3 4 5 0 5 4 0 7 5 4 5 1 7
Patient-days 131,824 80,113 121,422 66,131 75,565 67,555 94,363 119,642 139,856 53,920 62,122 55,152 47,851 44,294 36,979 20,866 40,252 30,664
Admission 17,586 13,559 17,227 10,701 12,441 10,753 11,404 14,077 26,625 10,199 9,896 4,419 7,290 7,255 6,613 1,830 6,046 5,343
CDI/Patient-days*104 11.45 3.25 4.61 4.23 5.82 5.77 5.72 7.10 4.08 12.05 6.60 9.61 7.73 9.71 5.68 13.90 11.92 9.78
HA-CDI/Patient-days*104 10.32 3.12 4.61 3.93 5.82 5.33 5.30 6.69 4.08 11.13 5.96 9.61 6.27 8.58 4.60 11.50 11.68 7.50
CDI/admission*103 8.59 1.92 3.25 2.62 3.54 3.63 4.74 6.04 2.14 6.37 4.14 11.99 5.08 5.93 3.18 15.85 7.94 5.62
HA-CDI/admission*103 7.73 1.84 3.25 2.43 3.54 3.35 4.38 5.68 2.14 5.88 3.74 11.99 4.12 5.24 2.57 13.11 7.77 4.30
No. of 1st episode of CDI 137 25 54 26 42 37 52 81 54 59 34 49 36 43 19 26 42 28

CDI = Clostridioides difficile infection, HA-CDI = healthcare-associated CDI.