Prevalence of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) among Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients in Comparison to Non-IBD Patients in King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah

Table 2

Disease characteristics.

Variables	N = 89
Immunocompromised
Yes	78 (87.6)
No	11 (12.4)
Diagnosis
Crohn disease	1 (1.1)
Ulcerative colitis	1 (1.1)
No IBD	87 (97.8)
Method of diagnosis
PCR	80 (89.9)
Culture	9 (10.1)
Prior exposure to antibiotics	62 (69.7%)
Treatment duration (all)	10.0 (7.0)
Treatment duration (adults)	10.0 (6.5)
Treatment duration (pedia)	10.0 (7.6)
Response to treatment
Recurrent	33 (37.1)
Resolved	55 (61.8)
None	1 (1.1)

Median (IQR).