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Table 3 Clinical outcomes stratified by CDI episodes

From: A multi-center study of fidaxomicin use for Clostridium difficile infection

n

Early episodes

Later episodes

Overall

(n = 102)

n (%)

Episode 1

(n = 37)

Episode 2

(n = 32)

Episode ≥ 3

(n = 33)

Clinical cure

25

25

29

79 (77 %)

Recurrent CDI

6

7

8

21 (21 %)

Re-hospitalizationa

9

13

10

32 (31 %)

Mortality

4

4

0

8 (8 %)

  1. aOut of 32 re-hospitalizations, 14 patients had documented CDI recurrence during that re-hospitalization