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. 2021 Apr 13;21:166. doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-01754-0

Table 2.

Antibiotics classes received by CDI patients

Antibiotic class 1 class of antibiotic
n = 38
2 classes of antibiotic
n = 32
3 classes of antibiotic
n = 10
4 classes of antibiotic
n = 4
Overall
Aminoglycoside 2 6 0 3 11
Carbapenem 2 4 3 0 9
Cephalosporin 18 17 7 2 44
Chloramphenicol 2 3 0 1 6
Glycopeptide 0 2 4 2 8
Lincosamides 4 1 1 1 7
Macrolide 1 1 4 0 6
Penicillin 8 16 6 2 32
Quinolone 1 6 2 2 11
Tetracycline 0 1 0 1 2
Trim/sulfa 0 1 0 0 1
Other 0 6 3 2 11

Some patients received more than one antibiotic