Table 1 Genotypes of C. difficile isolated from clinical patients between May 2014 and August 2015.

From: Nosocomial transmission of Clostridium difficile Genotype ST81 in a General Teaching Hospital in China traced by whole genome sequencing

 

Genotypes

Toxin genes

Number

%

CDI(n = 80)

ST81

A−B + 

28

30.8

ST2

A + B + 

9

9.9

ST54

A + B + 

8

8.8

ST129

A + B+

8

8.8

ST3

A+B+

6

6.6

ST37

A−B+

2

2.2

ST319a

A+B+

1

1.1

Othersb

A+B+

18

19.7

No-CDI(n = 11)

ST39

A−B−

5

5.5

ST26

A−B−

2

2.2

ST320a

A−B−

1

1.1

ST259

A−B−

1

1.1

ST3

A−B−

1

1.1

ST48

A−B−

1

1.1

Total

−

91

100

  1. A + B + : toxin A-positive, toxin B-positive strain; A−B + : toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive strain; A−B−: toxin A-negative, toxin B-negative strain.
  2. aNewly identified STs in this research.
  3. bST35, ST98, ST8, ST14, ST256, ST102, ST139, ST28, ST42, ST51, ST55 and ST17.
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