Table 2.

Outcomes of Patients With Clostridium difficile Infection

Outcome	No. (%)
Clostridium difficile treatment at diagnosis
Metronidazole (intravenous or oral)	101 (84)
Vancomycin oral	19 (16)
Switched from metronidazole to vancomycin	33/100 (33)
Diarrhea lasting ≥5 d after initiation of therapy	62 (52)
Creatinine ≥1.5 × baseline	8 (7)
WBC count >15 × 103 cells/µL	17 (14)
Severe disease: admission to the intensive care unit, toxic megacolon, colectomy or death	11 (9)
HINES VA score severe (≥3) at study admission	13 (11)
UPMC1 score severe (≥2) at study admission	35 (29)
CSI score severe (≥2) at study admission	28 (23)

Abbreviations: WBC, white blood cell.