Open AccessClonal Spread of a Clostridium difficile Strain with a Complete Set of Toxin A, Toxin B, and Binary Toxin Genes among Polish Patients with Clostridium difficile -Associated Diarrhea
Author(s) -
Hanna Pituch,
Deborah Kreft,
Piotr Obuch-Woszczatyński,
Dorota Wultańska,
F Meisel-Mikołajczyk,
M. Łuczak,
Alex van Belkum
Publication year - 2005
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.43.1.472-475.2005
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , pore forming toxin , toxin , clostridium difficile toxin a , microbiology and biotechnology , clostridium difficile toxin b , clostridiaceae , strain (injury) , biology , diarrhea , enterotoxin , gene , virology , microbial toxins , antibiotics , medicine , genetics , escherichia coli , anatomy
Clinically relevant Clostridium difficile strains usually produce toxins A and B. Some C. difficile strains can produce an additional binary toxin. We report clonality among five strains carrying all toxin genes from Polish patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea. In another strain, possible recombination between binary toxin genes is documented.