Different ribotypes in community-acquired Clostridium difficile

Bignardi, G.E.; Settle, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.003

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“…The prevalent ribotypes in this Kuwait study is different from those reported in other studies in Asia [11,40e42], North America [6], and Europe [41,43]. In Europe, ribotypes 078, 014 and 172 are the most commonly found types in CA-CDI in the Netherlands [44], ribotypes 001 and 027 in UK [45], and ribotype 078 in Scotland [5].…”

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A prospective study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Kuwait: Epidemiology and ribotypes

Jamal¹,

Pauline²,

Rotimi³

2015

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A prospective study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Kuwait: Epidemiology and ribotypes

Jamal¹,

Pauline²,

Rotimi³

2015

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“…The ribotypes most prevalent in Singapore are different from those reported in other studies in Asia [20][21][22], North America and Europe [20,23]. In studies in Europe, ribotypes 078, 014 and 172 were most commonly found in CO-CDI cases in The Netherlands [24], whilst ribotypes 001 and 027 were most common in the UK [25].…”

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The emergence of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection in a tertiary hospital in Singapore: A cause for concern

Tan

Verrall

Jureen

et al. 2014

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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Accepted ManuscriptTitle: The emergence of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection in a tertiary hospital in Singapore: a cause for concern Author: X.Q. Tan This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.Page 1

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“…The emergence of the binary toxin-positive strain PCR ribotype 078 can be observed worldwide [10,29,30,23] in both the community and various animals [31][32][33][34][35][36]. Data on the comparative genomics of C. difficile suggest that human strains have arisen from those found in pigs [24], which leads to the possibility that zoonotic transmission is responsible for the rise of community-associated C. difficile infections [1,20,35].…”

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“…A survey of C. difficile infection in Austria in 2006-2007 revealed a case fatality ratio of 8.45% [5]. Although most cases of C. difficile occur in a hospital setting, community onset and community-associated infections are apparently increasing [30,[43][44][45][46][47][48]. In a recent study of the etiology of acute gastroenteritis in three sentinel general practices in Austria, toxigenic C. difficile ranked only second to norovirus as an etiologic agent of acute gastroenteritis [49].…”

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Clostridium difficile: a new zoonotic agent?

Indra

Lassnig

Baliko

et al. 2009

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Clostridium difficile is mainly considered a nosocomial pathogen associated with diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in hospitalized patients. Austrian hospitals reported 2761 cases of C. difficile infection (including 277 lethal outcomes) in 2007, compared with 777 cases (including 54 lethal outcomes) in 2003. The occurrence of community-acquired C. difficile infection is also increasingly reported. Recent studies have shown the occurrence of C. difficile in food and animals. The aim of the present study was to determine the occurrence of C. difficile in food and animals in Austria. Between March and July 2008, gut or fecal samples from 67 cows, 61 pigs and 59 broiler chickens were collected at Austrian abattoirs. Between February and April 2008 meat samples (51 beef [25 ground], 27 pork [17 ground] and 6 samples of chicken meat) were purchased at retail outlets. Of the 187 samples tested, eight yielded C. difficile: in cows 3/67 samples (4.5%) were positive, in pigs 2/61 (3.3%), in broiler chickens 3/59 (5%). Six of the eight isolates yielded toxigenic C. difficile (toxins A and B): 2/67 (3%) cow samples, 2/61 (3.3%) pig samples, 2/59 (3.4%) chicken samples. Genes for the binary toxin were detected in one of the two pig isolates, a PCR ribotype 126 strain. None of the 84 meat samples yielded C. difficile. The results of this Austrian study suggest that animal reservoirs are possible sources, via food, of human C. difficile infection.

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Different ribotypes in community-acquired Clostridium difficile

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

A prospective study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Kuwait: Epidemiology and ribotypes

A prospective study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection in Kuwait: Epidemiology and ribotypes

The emergence of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection in a tertiary hospital in Singapore: A cause for concern

Clostridium difficile: a new zoonotic agent?

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