Detection of Clostridioides difficile in hospital environment by using C diff Banana Broth™

Monika Kabała; Zygmunt Gofron; Małgorzata Aptekorz; Krzysztof Burdynowski; Celine Harmanus; Ed Kuijper; Gayane Martirosian

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102408

Detection of Clostridioides difficile in hospital environment by using C diff Banana Broth™

Anaerobe. 2022 Feb:73:102408. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102408. Epub 2021 Jun 24.

Authors

Monika Kabała¹, Zygmunt Gofron¹, Małgorzata Aptekorz¹, Krzysztof Burdynowski², Celine Harmanus³, Ed Kuijper³, Gayane Martirosian⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Universitas Opoliensis, Opole, Poland.
³ Department of Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. Electronic address: gmartir@sum.edu.pl.

PMID: 34174400
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102408

Abstract

116 environmental samples from a 504 bed clinical hospital obtained in 2017/19 were inoculated into C diff Banana Broth™. Six C. difficile and 12 C. pefringens strains were isolated. Antibiotic-resistant Clostridium spp. dominated in hospital environment. To determine Clostridium spp. in hospital environment suitable medium like C diff Banana Broth™ should be used.

Keywords: C. diff Banana Broth™; Clostridioides difficile; Clostridium perfringens; Hospital environment.

MeSH terms

Clostridioides
Clostridioides difficile*
Clostridium Infections* / diagnosis
Hospitals
Humans
Musa*