Research Article
Antimicrobial Resistance and Associated Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile in Patients Attending Tertiary Care Settings
Table 1
Incidence of C. difficile infection in different hospitals of Peshawar by culture, EIA, and PCR.
| | Hospital | Total samples n (%) | Culture positive n (%) | EIA toxin A/B positive n (%) | PCR positive n (%) |
| | HMC | 150 | 30 (27.5) | 36 (31.1) | 41 (32) | | LMH | 15 | 47 (44.1) | 49 (42.6) | 52 (40.6) | | KTH | 150 | 31 (28.4) | 33 (28.3) | 35 (27.2) | | Total | 450 | 108 (24) | 115 (25.5) | 128 (28.6) |
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