Isolation of Clostridium difficile from food animals in Slovenia.
A total of 313 faecal samples from three pig farms and two cattle farms was collected, and Clostridium difficile was isolated from 133/257 piglet samples (51.8%) and from 1/56 calf samples (1.8%). Toxins were tested only in calf samples and were positive in 44.6% (25/56). The only bovine isolate belonged to toxinotype XIa (A(-)B(-)CDT(+)). Porcine isolates belonged to toxinotype 0 (A(+)B(+)CDT(-)) and toxinotype V (A(+)B(+)CDT(+)). Of the two ribotypes usually found in toxinotype V, the strains isolated in this study showed a greater similarity to ribotype 066 than to ribotype 078.
Pirs
Tina
T
Veterinary Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ocepek
Matjaz
M
Veterinary Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Rupnik
Maja
M
Medical Faculty, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.|Centre for Microbiology, Institute for Public Health Maribor, Prvomajska 1, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*