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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 1963-1964, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00224-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Prevalence of PCR Ribotypes among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Pigs, Calves, and Other Species
Kevin Keel,1,
Jon S. Brazier,2
Karen W. Post,3
Scott Weese,4 and
J. Glenn Songer1*
Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721,1
Anaerobe Reference Laboratory, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW, United Kingdom,2
Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607,3
Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada4
Received 29 January 2007/
Returned for modification 25 February 2007/
Accepted 28 March 2007
PCR ribotypes were obtained for 144 Clostridium difficile isolates from neonatal pigs. Porcine isolates comprised four PCR ribotypes, but one, ribotype 078, predominated (83%). This was also the most common ribotype (94%) among 33 calf isolates but was rarely identified in other species.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, Bldg. 90, Rm. 229, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Phone: (520) 621-2962. Fax: (520) 621-6366. E-mail:
gsonger{at}u.arizona.edu
Published ahead of print on 11 April 2007.
Present address: The Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 1963-1964, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00224-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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