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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
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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 Songer^1*

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.

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.

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