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Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Dispatch

Fluoroquinolone Use and Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea

Margaret E. McCusker*, Anthony D. Harris†, Eli N. Perencevich†, and Mary-Claire Roghmann*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; †Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Table 2

Matched univariate analysis of risk factors for Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea

Risk factor Odds ratio 95% confidence interval p value
Fluoroquinolone
13.5
3.1 to 58.8
<0.01
Clindamycin
3.1
1.0 to 9.4
0.05
Piperacillin/tazobactam
1.9
0.7 to 5.1
0.24
Cephalosporins
0.6
0.2 to 1.7
0.32
       All other antibiotic drugs 1.6 0.7 to 4.1 0.28

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