This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Keel, K.
Right arrow Articles by Songer, J. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Keel, K.
Right arrow Articles by Songer, J. G.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

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{triangledown}

Kevin Keel,1,{dagger} 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

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 April 2007.

{dagger} 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.



This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Weese, J. S., Avery, B. P., Rousseau, J., Reid-Smith, R. J. (2009). Detection and Enumeration of Clostridium difficile Spores in Retail Beef and Pork. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75: 5009-5011 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Songer, J. G., Trinh, H.T., Dial, S. M., Brazier, J. S., Glock, R. D. (2009). Equine colitis X associated with infection by Clostridium difficile NAP1/027. jvdi 21: 377-380 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Bouvet, P. J. M., Popoff, M. R. (2008). Genetic Relatedness of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Various Origins Determined by Triple-Locus Sequence Analysis Based on Toxin Regulatory Genes tcdC, tcdR, and cdtR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 3703-3713 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Rupnik, M., Widmer, A., Zimmermann, O., Eckert, C., Barbut, F. (2008). Clostridium difficile Toxinotype V, Ribotype 078, in Animals and Humans. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 2146-2146 [Full Text]  
  • Pirs, T., Ocepek, M., Rupnik, M. (2008). Isolation of Clostridium difficile from food animals in Slovenia. J Med Microbiol 57: 790-792 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Goorhuis, A., Debast, S. B., van Leengoed, L. A. M. G., Harmanus, C., Notermans, D. W., Bergwerff, A. A., Kuijper, E. J., Songer, J. G. (2008). Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 078: an Emerging Strain in Humans and in Pigs?. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 1157-1158 [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»