Table 2 C. difficile relative abundances in cases of CDI from Seekatz et al.10 compared to healthy controls
From: High-resolution profiling of the gut microbiome reveals the extent of Clostridium difficile burden
| Â | Â | Detected C. difficile levels (% abundance) | Distribution (% of patients) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | IDSA category | Mean | Median | Max | N | CD > 0% | CD > 0.01% | CD > 0.05% | CD > 0.10% |
Index case | Non-severe | 2.3 | 0.33 | 42.9 | 38 | 81.6% | 78.9% | 65.8% | 63.2% |
Severe | 4.07 | 0.09 | 51.5 | 30 | 86.7% | 76.7% | 53.3% | 50.0% | |
NA | 1.61 | 1.61 | 3.2 | 2 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
Recurrence | Non-severe | 9.36 | 3.84 | 42.6 | 20 | 85.0% | 80.0% | 75.0% | 75.0% |
Severe | 1.19 | 0.64 | 7.1 | 9 | 77.8% | 66.7% | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
NA | 1.53 | 0.07 | 11.3 | 9 | 55.6% | 55.6% | 55.6% | 44.4% | |
Reinfection | Non-severe | 3.38 | 0.55 | 19.3 | 16 | 62.5% | 62.5% | 56.3% | 56.3% |
Severe | 3.29 | 0.54 | 14.5 | 14 | 85.7% | 71.4% | 64.3% | 57.1% | |
NA | 2.8 | 0.21 | 10.1 | 9 | 77.8% | 77.8% | 77.8% | 55.6% | |
Healthy controls | No disease | 0.008 | 0 | 1.2 | 211 | 8.5% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% |
