Skip to content

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile

Hospital Authority Wide (for general acute hospitals with 24-hour Accident and Emergency services)

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 2,616 19,595 13.35
2018 2,613 20,840 12.54
2019 2,571 21,510 11.95
2020 2,418 19,769 12.23
2021 2,848 23,197 12.28
2022 3,422 25,768 13.28
2023 3,019 25,285 11.94
2024 2,943 25,519 11.53
2025 2,490 23,958 10.39
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 94 662 14.20
2018 97 717 13.53
2019 78 668 11.68
2020 84 620 13.55
2021 106 740 14.32
2022 145 922 15.73
2023 106 806 13.15
2024 103 860 11.98
2025 86 822 10.46
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Caritas Medical Centre

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 151 782 19.31
2018 122 794 15.37
2019 137 885 15.48
2020 128 909 14.08
2021 134 1,060 12.64
2022 115 1,067 10.78
2023 103 932 11.05
2024 147 1,255 11.71
2025 118 1,096 10.77
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Kwong Wah Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 86 869 9.90
2018 90 833 10.80
2019 68 695 9.78
2020 67 623 10.75
2021 71 680 10.44
2022 105 942 11.15
2023 104 779 13.35
2024 165 1,179 13.99
2025 151 1,205 12.53
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - North District Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 111 915 12.13
2018 125 1,027 12.17
2019 93 1,011 9.20
2020 118 908 13.00
2021 133 971 13.70
2022 138 1,245 11.08
2023 189 1,481 12.76
2024 169 1,407 12.01
2025 170 1,437 11.83
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - North Lantau Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 5 47 10.64
2018 10 47 21.28
2019 13 86 15.12
2020 22 157 14.01
2021 16 203 7.88
2022 29 276 10.51
2023 30 252 11.90
2024 24 266 9.02
2025 37 236 15.68
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 208 1,729 12.03
2018 195 1,822 10.70
2019 206 1,772 11.63
2020 273 1,993 13.70
2021 239 1,540 15.52
2022 241 1,659 14.53
2023 238 1,849 12.87
2024 277 1,884 14.70
2025 279 1,876 14.87
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Pok Oi Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 139 779 17.84
2018 180 883 20.39
2019 171 1,020 16.76
2020 135 866 15.59
2021 170 1,020 16.67
2022 153 906 16.89
2023 193 1,140 16.93
2024 131 905 14.48
2025 64 711 9.00
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Prince of Wales Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 265 2,539 10.44
2018 269 2,698 9.97
2019 276 2,846 9.70
2020 271 2,395 11.32
2021 299 2,639 11.33
2022 368 3,189 11.54
2023 398 4,025 9.89
2024 426 3,942 10.81
2025 379 4,205 9.01
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Princess Margaret Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 219 1,349 16.23
2018 170 1,387 12.26
2019 105 1,341 7.83
2020 123 1,163 10.58
2021 129 1,466 8.80
2022 145 1,593 9.10
2023 171 1,478 11.57
2024 224 1,983 11.30
2025 217 2,116 10.26
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 296 1,874 15.80
2018 324 2,056 15.76
2019 351 2,111 16.63
2020 324 2,013 16.10
2021 432 3,400 12.71
2022 516 3,560 14.49
2023 280 1,947 14.38
2024 96 850 11.29
2025 97 749 12.95
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Queen Mary Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 57 2,093 2.72
2018 44 1,995 2.21
2019 58 2,038 2.85
2020 33 1,708 1.93
2021 44 1,695 2.60
2022 29 1,457 1.99
2023 41 1,690 2.43
2024 57 1,835 3.11
2025 41 1,597 2.57
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Ruttonjee Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 62 466 13.30
2018 70 510 13.73
2019 67 547 12.25
2020 52 478 10.88
2021 66 410 16.10
2022 55 432 12.73
2023 73 503 14.51
2024 99 685 14.45
2025 95 729 13.03
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Tin Shui Wai Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 0 6 0.00
2018 1 15 6.67
2019 9 78 11.54
2020 36 178 20.22
2021 81 433 18.71
2022 77 420 18.33
2023 80 535 14.95
2024 75 367 20.44
2025 33 274 12.04
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Tseung Kwan O Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 107 594 18.01
2018 131 892 14.69
2019 136 937 14.51
2020 112 864 12.96
2021 168 1,240 13.55
2022 171 1,212 14.11
2023 140 1,350 10.37
2024 127 1,512 8.40
2025 132 1,367 9.66
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Tuen Mun Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 413 2,280 18.11
2018 389 2,398 16.22
2019 405 2,620 15.46
2020 291 2,290 12.71
2021 363 2,716 13.37
2022 437 2,764 15.81
2023 526 3,435 15.31
2024 412 2,958 13.93
2025 184 2,017 9.12
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - United Christian Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 315 1,954 16.12
2018 303 2,110 14.36
2019 343 2,206 15.55
2020 268 1,931 13.88
2021 326 2,258 14.44
2022 604 3,245 18.61
2023 254 2,237 11.35
2024 276 2,478 11.14
2025 288 2,417 11.92
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Hospital Authority - Yan Chai Hospital

Year Toxigenic C. difficile Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 88 657 13.39
2018 93 656 14.18
2019 55 649 8.47
2020 81 673 12.04
2021 71 726 9.78
2022 94 879 10.69
2023 93 846 10.99
2024 135 1,153 11.71
2025 119 1,104 10.78
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Canossa Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 7 68 10.29
2018 11 41 26.83
2019 15 55 27.27
2020 15 67 22.39
2021 18 148 12.16
2022 8 83 9.64
2023 8 47 17.02
2024 7 86 8.14
2025 71 378 18.78
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - CUHK Medical Centre

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2021 1 6 16.67
2022 6 46 13.04
2023 25 186 13.44
2024 163 938 17.38
2025 187 1,078 17.35
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Evangel Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2022 1 17 5.88
2023 2 40 5.00
2024 1 3 33.33
2025 0 2 0.00
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 3 15 20.00
2018 6 44 13.64
2019 5 49 10.20
2020 1 23 4.35
2021 6 40 15.00
2022 9 35 25.71
2023 4 35 11.43
2024 4 28 14.29
2025 10 39 25.64
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Adventist Hospital - Stubbs Road

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2017 0 7 0.00
2018 4 21 19.05
2019 2 10 20.00
2020 2 9 22.22
2021 1 7 14.29
2022 0 11 0.00
2023 7 87 8.05
2024 4 75 5.33
2025 2 33 6.06
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Adventist Hospital - Tsuen Wan

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2023 - - -
2024 - - -
2025 0 0 -
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Baptist Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2021 182 1,564 11.64
2022 77 617 12.48
2023 146 1,385 10.54
2024 149 1,273 11.70
2025 159 1,426 11.15
Footnotes:
- Isolates within the same disease episode (each admission or out-patient visit) in the calendar year are de-duplicated.
- All specimens (clinical and screening) are included.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2020 31 179 17.32
2021 27 179 15.08
2022 13 128 10.16
2023 16 128 12.50
2024 20 105 19.05
2025 13 82 15.85
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Matilda International Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2015 - - -
2016 - - -
2017 8 13 61.54
2018 8 17 47.06
2019 13 21 61.90
2020 10 16 62.50
2021 1 6 16.67
2022 11 19 57.89
2023 16 19 84.21
2024 12 21 57.14
2025 21 28 75.00
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - Precious Blood Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2023 1 1 100.00
2024 1 1 100.00
2025 1 1 100.00
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.

Private Hospital - St. Paul's Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2021 42 244 17.21
2022 16 180 8.89
2023 17 158 10.76
2024 16 174 9.20
2025 16 156 10.26
Footnotes:
- Isolates within the same disease episode (each admission or out-patient visit) in the calendar year are de-duplicated.

Private Hospital - Union Hospital

Year C. difficile positive Number of C. difficile tests %
2023 317 1,710 18.54
2024 281 1,697 16.56
2025 374 1,984 18.85
Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.