Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Dec 2;35(1):18–27. doi: 10.1086/674394

TABLE 2.

Patient Outcomes from a Mathematical Model of the Use of Fecal Transplantation to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection and Recurrence in a Simulated 12-Bed Intensive Care Unit over a 1-Year Period

Scenario, treatment level, % Median recurrence (25th percentile, 75th percentile) Pa Median incidence (25th percentile, 75th percentile) Pa
Baseline, 0 2 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
After infection
 20 1 (0, 4) <.001 0 (0, 1) .39
 40 1 (0, 4) 0 (0, 1)
 60 1 (0, 3) 0 (0, 1)
 80 0 (0, 1) 0 (0, 2)
 100 0 (0, 1) 0 (0, 1)
After receipt of high-risk medication (antibiotics)
 Antibiotics
  20 1 (0, 5) .36 0 (0, 1) .003
  40 1 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
  60 1 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
  80 2 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
  100 1 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
 Antibiotics and PPIs
  20 2 (0, 5.25) .56 0 (0, 1) .001
  40 2 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
  60 1 (0, 5) 0 (0, 1)
  80 2 (0, 5) 0 (0, 1)
  100 2 (0, 6) 0 (0, 1)
Combined
 20 1 (0, 5) <.001 0 (0, 1) .02
 40 1 (0, 4) 0 (0, 1)
 60 1 (0, 3) 0 (0, 1)
 80 0 (0, 2) 0 (0, 1)
 100 0 (0, 1) 0 (0, 1)

NOTE. PPI, proton pump inhibitor.

a

Kruskal-Wallis 1-way analysis of variance test.