Table 1.
Clinical data collected from 21 patients with C. difficile infection from Xiangya Hospital, China
| Patient no. | Age/sex | Ward | Antibiotics administered (length of treatment [days]) | Date admitted (length of stay [days]) | Diarrhea onset date (mo/day/yr) | Sample date | PCR ribotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40/M | A&E/CM | Cefepime (2), cefoperazone-tazobactam (11), cefpiramide (5) | 4/3/2009 (27) | 4/5/2009 | 4/7/2009 | 293 |
| 3 | 54/M | R | Moxifloxacin (3), cefuroxime (8) | 3/20/2009 (20) | 4/2/2009 | 4/3/2009 | 017 |
| 4 | 52/M | H | Piperacillin-tazobactam (8), gatifloxacin (28), vancomycin (6), meropenem (6), imipenem-cilastatin (6) | 3/10/2009 (54) | 8/4/2009 | 4/13/2009 | 017 |
| 6 | 54/M | VS/ICUb | Piperacillin-sulbactam (16) | 5/13/2009 (22) | 6/1/2009 | 6/2/2009 | 046 |
| 9 | 72/M | O/ICU | Ceftizoxime (6), cefoperazone-sulbactam (1), levofloxacin (3), azithromycin (5), meropenem (11), cefepime (2), vancomycin (3) | 2/16/2009 (68) | 2/27/2009 | 4/5/2009 | 009 |
| 11 | 79/F | N | Cefoperazone-tazobactam (6), pazufloxacin (3), azithromycin (6), teicoplanin (9), vancomycin (8) | 4/25/2009 (17) | 5/1/2009 | 5/2/2009 | 017 |
| 13 | 55/M | S | Pazufloxacin (5), cefamandole (3), gentamicin (3) | 3/26/2009 (19) | 4/2/2009 | 4/4/2009 | 012 |
| 17 | 57/M | S | Pazufloxacin (13), cefamandole (13), gentamicin (1) | 4/10/2009 (24) | 5/4/09 | 5/6/2009 | 017 |
| 18 | 75/F | S | Ceftriaxone (8), clindamycin (14), cefonicid (4), cefodizime (6), meropenem (6) | 5/20/2009 (23) | 6/2/09 | 6/2/2009 | 017 |
| 25 | 56/F | C | Cefotaxime (6), ciprofloxacin (5), clindamycin (6) | 4/30/2009 (15) | 5/10/2009 | 5/12/2009 | 017 |
| 32 | 56/M | H | Levofloxacin (3), teicoplanin (3), meropenem (4) | 5/15/2009 (7) | 5/18/2009 | 19/05/2009 | 017 |
| 35 | 57/M | S/ICUa | Pazufloxacin (8), cefamandole (3) | 5/14/2009 (46) | 5/22/2009 | 5/24/2009 | 012 |
| 36 | 49/M | GS | Cefamandole (7), levofloxacin (8) | 5/20/2009 (16) | 5/20/2009 | 5/21/2009 | 046 |
| 43 | 53/F | GI | Cefamandole (4), levofloxacin (6) | 12/25/2009 (14) | 1/1/2010 | 1/2/2010 | 014 |
| 44 | 73/F | N | Cefmenoxime (6), moxifloxacin (10), piperacillin-tazobactam (3) | 12/26/2009 (20) | 1/7/2010 | 1/8/2010 | 020 |
| 49 | 50/F | O | Levofloxacin (3), ceftriaxone (3), cefoperazone-tazobactam (7) | 8/5/2009 (15) | 8/13/2009 | 8/13/2009 | 046 |
| 50 | 53/F | S | Cefamandole (6), pazufloxacin (6), gentamicin (6) | 8/8/2009 (37) | 9/16/2009 | 9/19/2009 | 017 |
| 55 | 54/M | CM/S | Cefamandole (1), gentamicin (20), cefoperazone-sulbactam (10), ceftriaxone (8), pazufloxacin (20), vancomycin (10) | 7/25/2009 (40) | 10/16/2009 | 10/17/2009 | 017 |
| 59 | 45/F | O | Ceftriaxone (6), azithromycin (3) | 12/15/2009 (13) | 12/23/2009 | 12/25/2009 | 009 |
| 60 | 81/M | GI | Pazufloxacin (8), cefmenoxime (15) | 3/10/2009 (61) | 4/5/2009 | 5/7/2009 | 012 |
| 67 | 54/F | R | Levofloxacin (5), ceftriaxone (3) | 2/1/2010 (18) | 2/8/2010 | 2/8/2010 | 017 |
a
Hospital wards: A&E, emergency department; CM, traditional Chinese medicine; R, respiratory; H, hematology; VS, vascular surgery; ICU, intensive care unit; O, oncology; N, neurology; S, spinal surgery; C, cardiology; GS, general surgery; GI, gastrointestinal.
b
These patients required ICU admission for C. difficile infection.