Isolation of Clostridium difficile from food animals in Slovenia
Open Access
- 1 June 2008
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 57 (6), 790-792
- https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47669-0
Abstract
A total of 313 faecal samples from three pig farms and two cattle farms was collected, and Clostridium difficile was isolated from 133/257 piglet samples (51.8 %) and from 1/56 calf samples (1.8 %). Toxins were tested only in calf samples and were positive in 44.6 % (25/56). The only bovine isolate belonged to toxinotype XIa (A−B−CDT+). Porcine isolates belonged to toxinotype 0 (A+B+CDT−) and toxinotype V (A+B+CDT+). Of the two ribotypes usually found in toxinotype V, the strains isolated in this study showed a greater similarity to ribotype 066 than to ribotype 078.Keywords
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