. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 3.

Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Sep 24;33(11):1162–1165. doi: 10.1086/668023

TABLE 1.

Cancer-Specific Rates of CDI

Rate	Cases	Total patients	Percentage
Allogeneic HSCT^a	83	307	27
Autologous HSCT	27	290	9.0
Leukemia/MDS	53	426	12.4
Lymphoma	37	1,189	3.1
Solid tumors	317	22,889	1.4

NOTE. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates by underlying cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2008–2009. HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplant; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.

Includes adult and pediatric cases.