Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:181-189. The Trend of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Korean Hospitals with the Analysis of Nationwide Sample Cohort
| Variable | Cases No. (Infection rate, %) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total | P-value* |
| CCI | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 (0.014) | 07 (0.030) | 06 (0.024) | 09 (0.034) | 16 (0.058) | 117 (0.059) | 018 (0.061) | 019 (0.066) | 019 (0.065) | 016 (0.055) | 130 (0.048) | 0.0011 |
| 1 | 2 (0.015) | 08 (0.054) | 08 (0.051) | 11 (0.064) | 16 (0.082) | 014 (0.067) | 034 (0.152) | 027 (0.121) | 030 (0.130) | 035 (0.150) | 185 (0.096) | 0.0002 |
| 2 | 4 (0.061) | 02 (0.026) | 09 (0.108) | 11 (0.120) | 17 (0.166) | 014 (0.124) | 027 (0.218) | 039 (0.314) | 030 (0.236) | 046 (0.349) | 199 (0.191) | 0.0001 |
| > 3 | 8 (0.058) | 23 (0.116) | 34 (0.157) | 64 (0.271) | 88 (0.341) | 101 (0.369) | 131 (0.442) | 147 (0.491) | 157 (0.501) | 218 (0.648) | 971 (0.378) | <.0001 |
*P-value: the difference over 10 years (2006-2015).
Abbrevation: CCI, Charlson comorbidity index.