Clonal 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

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jan;43(1):472-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.472-475.2005.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacterial Toxins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
  • Clostridioides difficile / metabolism
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
  • Enterotoxins / chemistry
  • Enterotoxins / genetics*
  • Enterotoxins / metabolism
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ribotyping

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins
  • tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile
  • toxB protein, Clostridium difficile