title: Comparison of Delmée and Polish serogroup-specific Clostridium difficile strains.
abstract: In this study we compared Delmée and Polish serogroup-specific Clostridium difficile strains by slide agglutination, observation of flagella and SDS-PAGE protein patterns. Among Delmée serogroup specific strains we observed flagella in groups A, D and K. Among Polish serogroup-specific Clostridium difficile strains we did not observe flagella. The Polish serogroup-specific strains gave different protein patterns compared to Delmée strains. SDS-PAGE protein pattern analyses of Polish serogroup-specific strains divide these strains into 3 groups: 71, 88 and third embracing 18, 27, 70, 72, and 89.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martirosian
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wize
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sokół-Leszczyńska
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zielińska
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meisel-Mikołajczyk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maśliński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005407:Flagella / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins