Prevalence of PCR Ribotypes among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Pigs, Calves, and Other Species | Zendy

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Prevalence of PCR Ribotypes among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Pigs, Calves, and Other Species

Author(s) -

Kevin Keel,

John Brazier,

Karen W. Post,

J. Scott Weese,

J. Glenn Songer

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00224-07

Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , biology , ribotyping , microbiology and biotechnology , clostridiaceae , polymerase chain reaction , clostridium , bacteria , veterinary medicine , gene , genetics , antibiotics , toxin , medicine

PCR ribotypes were obtained for 144 Clostridium difficile isolates from neonatal pigs. Porcine isolates comprised four PCR ribotypes, but one, ribotype 078, predominated (83%). This was also the most common ribotype (94%) among 33 calf isolates but was rarely identified in other species.

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