https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/528328
標題: | Clostridium difficile ribotype 126 in southern Taiwan: A cluster of three symptomatic cases | 作者: | Hung Y.-P. Lin H.-J. Tsai B.-Y. Liu H.-C. Liu H.-C. Lee J.-C. Wu Y.-H. Wilcox M.H. Fawley W.N. PO-REN HSUEH Tsai P.-J. Ko W.-C. |
公開日期: | 2014 | 卷: | 30 | 起(迄)頁: | 188-192 | 來源出版物: | Anaerobe | 摘要: | Introduction: Several virulent Clostridium difficile clones, designated as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotypes 017, 027, or 078, are well recognized in western countries. However, the ribotype distribution of clinical C.difficile isolates in Taiwan remains unclear. Method: Between 2010 and 2012, we identified three patients with C.difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) at a hospital in southern Taiwan. The C.difficile strains isolated from these patients were further characterized by PCR detection of tcdA, tcdB, tcdC, cdtA, and cdtB, toxinotyping, multilocus sequence typing, ribotyping and repetitive-based PCR. Results: Three C.difficile strains harbored tcdCδ39 and belonged to multilocus sequence typing 11 (ST11), toxinotype V, and ribotype 126 (a ribotype 078-like clone). Notably, one patient developed pseudomembranous colitis and recurrent CDAD. These three isolates were noted between January 2012 and June 2012 and were identical, as evidenced by repetitive sequence-based PCR, suggestive of case clustering. Conclusion: A hypervirulent C.difficile clone, ribotype 126, causing pseudomembranous colitis and recurrent CDAD, is present in southern Taiwan. ? 2014 Elsevier Ltd. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/528328 | ISSN: | 1075-9964 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.06.005 | SDG/關鍵字: | bacterial toxin; metronidazole; vancomycin; adult; aged; Article; bacterial gene; bacterial strain; bacterial virulence; bacterium isolate; case report; cdtA gene; cdtB gene; Clostridium difficile; Clostridium difficile infection; cluster analysis; colonoscopy; drug substitution; drug withdrawal; human; male; middle aged; multilocus sequence typing; polymerase chain reaction; pseudomembranous colitis; ribotyping; sequence analysis; Taiwan; tcdA gene; tcdB gene; tcdC gene; toxin analysis; classification; Clostridium Infections; diarrhea; genetics; genotype; hospital; isolation and purification; microbiology; molecular epidemiology; molecular typing; Peptoclostridium difficile; ribotyping; Clostridium difficile; Aged; Bacterial Toxins; Clostridium difficile; Clostridium Infections; Cluster Analysis; Diarrhea; Genotype; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Molecular Epidemiology; Molecular Typing; Ribotyping; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 醫學院附設醫院 (臺大醫院) |
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