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Fig. 4 | Genome Medicine

Fig. 4

From: Dynamics of the fecal microbiome in patients with recurrent and nonrecurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Fig. 4

Fecal microbial diversity during initial C. difficile infection. The inverse Simpson index (λ) of the microbiota in (a) index samples collected at initial C. difficile infection (CDI) diagnosis in nonrecurrent (n = 42), recurrent (n = 32), and reinfected (n = 19) patients (Kruskal–Wallis, not significant (ns)) and (b) index samples from patients diagnosed with severe (n = 36) or non-severe (n = 50) CDI (Wilcoxon test, p = 0.022)

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