TABLE 3.

Distribution of PCR-ribotypes of initial isolates of C. difficile from 227 patients^a with diarrhea, including hospital-associated and community-associated cases, by different wards^b

PCR-ribotype	No. of hospitalizations per ward or linked ward
	Pediatrics		Infectious diseases				Geriatrics			Emergency unit (1/2)	Gastroenterology		Nephrology (1/2)	Transplantation (1/2)	Hematology (1/2)	Cardiology (1/2)	ICUd (1)
	1/2c	3	1	2	3	4	1/2	3/4	5/6		1/2	3/4
s2c	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
s3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	0
s5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
s12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
s16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
s17	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
s19	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
s20	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
s21	8	2	3	4	2	3	0	0	3	3	3	1	3	1	3	4	2
s21b	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	1	5	1	1	1	1
s22	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	0
s22d	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
s25	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
s25b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
s29b	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
s30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
s32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
s34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^aOne patient may have more than one hospitalization.

^bOnly wards with at least two patients with identical PCR-ribotypes are included.

^cWards within each department are indicated by number. Two numbers combined by a shill (e.g. 1/2), indicate linked wards.

^dICU, intensive care unit.