TABLE 5.
Comparison of characteristics of Clostridium difficile-positive infants and C. difficile-negative infants at 6 months of agea
| Characteristic | Value for group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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C. difficile-positive infants infected with: |
C. difficile-negative infants (n = 58) | |||
| Toxigenic strains (n = 16) | Nontoxigenic strains (n = 31) | Total (n = 47) | ||
| No. of males/no. of females | 9/7 | 19/12 | 28/19 | 29/29 |
| No. of infants with natural delivery/no. of infants with cesarean delivery | 14/2 | 24/7 | 38/9 | 40/18 |
| No. (%) of infants with continual intake of breast milk for 6 mo | 2 (13) | 8 (26) | 10 (21)*** | 32 (55) |
| No. (%) of infants with initiation of solid food | 15 (94) | 30 (97) | 45 (96)* | 47 (81) |
a
Comparison between C. difficile-positive infants (total) and C. difficile-negative infants was done by using Fisher's exact test or a χ2 test. *, P < 0.05; ***, P < 0.001.