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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 790-792; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47669-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Isolation of Clostridium difficile from food animals in Slovenia

Tina Pirs1, Matjaz Ocepek1 and Maja Rupnik2,3

1 Veterinary Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2 Centre for Microbiology, Institute for Public Health Maribor, Prvomajska 1, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

3 Medical Faculty, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

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Maja Rupnik
maja.rupnik{at}uni-mb.si

Received 30 September 2007
Accepted 28 January 2008

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.




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