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Table 1 Demographics of Patients Contacted for Community C. difficile Study

From: Epidemiological and genomic characterization of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infections

Demographic Characteristics

CA-CDI Strainsa

Total

40 (51.2)

Gender

 Male

11 (27.5)

 Female

29 (72.5)

Age

 < 10

1 (2.5)

 10–19

1 (2.5)

 20–29

6 (15.0)

 30–39

2 (5.0)

 40–49

1 (2.5)

 50–59

8 (20.0)

 60–69

10 (25.0)

 70–79

5 (12.5)

 > 80

6 (15.0)

  1. aDefined as > 12 weeks following discharge or no previous hospital admission. CA-CDI; community-acquired C. difficile infection