Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium difficile Belonging to Ribotype 018 and Sequence Type 17

E Riccobono; V Di Pilato; N Della Malva; S Meini; F Ciraolo; F Torricelli; G M Rossolini

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00907-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium difficile Belonging to Ribotype 018 and Sequence Type 17

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 1;4(5):e00907-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00907-16.

Authors

E Riccobono¹, V Di Pilato², N Della Malva¹, S Meini³, F Ciraolo⁴, F Torricelli⁵, G M Rossolini⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³ Internal Medicine Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Santa Maria Annunziata and Serristori Hospitals, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Genetic Diagnostic Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Santa Maria alle Scotte University Hospital, Siena, Italy Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy gianmaria.rossolini@unifi.it.

Abstract

Clostridium difficile, belonging to ribotype 018 (RT018), is one of the most prevalent genotypes circulating in hospital settings in Italy. Here, we report the draft genome of C. difficile CD8-15 belonging to RT018, isolated from a patient with fatal C. difficile-associated infection.