Toxigenic status of Clostridium difficile in a large Spanish teaching hospital

J Med Microbiol. 2005 Feb;54(Pt 2):159-162. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.45809-0.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxigenic status of circulating strains of Clostridium difficile in a large teaching hospital. Overall 220 isolates were studied of which 199 (90.5 %) produced both large clostridial toxins detected by conventional methods. Ten more strains (4.5 %) had toxin A and B genes detectable by PCR. Eleven (5.0 %) variant strains (A- B+) were detected among the isolates studied and 10 strains (4.5 %) had the binary toxin genes (cdtA and cdtB).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
  • Clostridioides difficile / metabolism*
  • Cytotoxins / genetics
  • Cytotoxins / metabolism
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
  • Enterotoxins / metabolism
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

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