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Table 3 North American Pulsed-field types in 90 children with nosocomial C. difficile infection and organism available for testing

From: Severe clinical outcome is uncommon in Clostridium difficile infection in children: a retrospective cohort study

Strain

Total, n (%)

Relapse, n (%)

Severe outcome, n (%)

Moxifloxacin susceptible, n (%)

NAP4

22 (24)

9 (41)*

0 (0)

20 (91)

NAP1

10 (11)

1 (10)

1 (10)

7 (70)

Other NAP type

24 (27)

2 (8)

0 (0)

22 (92)

No NAP type

34 (38)

7 (21)

2 (6)

33 (97)

Total

90

19 (21)

3 (3)

82 (91)

  1. *p = 0.009.
  2. Severe outcome = ICU transfer, colectomy, or death within 30 days of a positive C. difficile cytotoxin assay.
  3. Other NAP = NAP10 (n = 4), NAP11 (n = 8), NAP6 (n = 3), NAP7 (n = 2), NAP2 (n = 3), NAP8 (n = 2), NAP12 (n = 2).