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Table 1 Hospital-based distribution of participants, Yaoundé, Cameroon (N = 300)

From: Evaluation of inpatients Clostridium difficile prevalence and risk factors in Cameroon

Sites

n (Proportion, %)

University Hospital Center, Yaoundé (CHUY)

96 (32.0)

Central Hospital, Yaoundé (HCY)

74 (24.7)

Military Hospital (HM)

53 (17.7)

Police Hospital (HP)

42 (14.0)

Efoulan Hospital (HE)

35 (11.7)

Sexe

n (%)

Female

145 (48.3)

Male

155 (51.7)

Hospitalization

n (%)

Not

108 (36.0)

Yes

192 (64.0)

HIV

n (%)

Not

196 (65.3)

Yes

104 (34.7)

Use of penicilline

n (%)

Not

281 (93.7)

Yes

19 (6.3)

Use of cephalosporine

n (%)

Not

288 (96.0)

Yes

12 (4.0)

Use of imidazole

n (%)

Not

280 (93.3)

Yes

20 (6.7)

Use of aminoside

n (%)

Not

296 (98.7)

Yes

4 (1.3)

Use of vancomycine

n (%)

Not

295 (98.3)

Yes

5 (1.7)

Use of quinolone

n (%)

Not

289 (96.3)

Yes

11 (3.7)

Use of corticoids

n (%)

Not

294 (98.0)

Yes

6 (2.0)