Hypervirulent Clostridioides difficile RT078 lineage isolates from the river: A potential reservoir for environmental transmission

This is the first report to discover Clostridiodes difficile (C. difficile) ribotype RT126 and RT598 (both ribotypes belong to RT078-lineage) in a river water system in southern Taiwan. Fluoroquinolone resistance was also found. The connection between clinical isolates and those from the environment...

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Published in:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Main Authors: Chin-Shiang Tsai, Ya-Lien Cheng, Jung-Sheng Chen, Pei-Jane Tsai, Bo-Yang Tsai, Bing-Mu Hsu, I-Hsiu Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Subjects:
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile
RT598
RT126
River
Taiwan
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118222000706
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Summary:This is the first report to discover Clostridiodes difficile (C. difficile) ribotype RT126 and RT598 (both ribotypes belong to RT078-lineage) in a river water system in southern Taiwan. Fluoroquinolone resistance was also found. The connection between clinical isolates and those from the environment needs further investigation.
ISSN:1684-1182

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