… C difficile infection. This meta-analysis should inform the allocation of resources for
controlling C difficile infection … Kong, and Taiwan ranged from 2.7 to 4.3 per 10,000 patient-days,16, …

… Morphological characteristics of Clostridium difficile … years and immunocompromised patients
[10] . However, in a study by Hsu et al. [34] , involving Northern Taiwan alone indicated the …

… Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of CO-CDI and to identify the
risk … in patients with community-onset Clostridium difficile infection. Figure S1. Incidence of C. …

… difficile infection in humans and in animals has been a topic of … of this study was to determine
the genetic relatedness of C. … specific characteristics: these isolates from pigs in Taiwan …

… is in patients who undergo PPI treatment for longer than 2 weeks. In baseline characteristics,
… This study has strengths related to the healthcare and health insurance systems of Taiwan. …

… other hand, bacteria (37/58, 63.8%) accounted for a significant proportion of pathogens in
children, and Clostridium difficile (12/58, 20.7%) was the most common isolate. Most of the C. …

… a combination of “Clostridium difficile,” “C difficile,” “C diff,” and … reported in South Korea and
Taiwan. Despite the perception of … be placed on patient rather than pathogen characteristics. …

… We studied demographic and clinical characteristics in CDI patients of the 2 epidemiologic
categories. Charlson comorbidity scores and proportions with severe CDI were similar …

… Here we suggest a zoonotic potential for Clostridium difficile infection between swine and …
Epidemiological features of Clostridium difficile-associated disease among inpatients at …

… characteristics of C. … Taiwan until recently, when three isolated cases were reported (65–67).
A retrospective study in Hong Kong showed that 12.5% of patients tested were positive for C…