First isolation of Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027/toxinotype III in Poland

Pol J Microbiol. 2008;57(3):267-8.

Abstract

Of 175 Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patient hospitalized in one academic hospital in Warsaw between 2005-2006, one isolate belonged to PCR-ribotype 027/toxinotype III. This isolate had tcdA, tcdB, binary toxin genes (cdtA and cdtB), a 18-bp deletion and a 1 bp deletion at 117 position in the tcdC gene. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests revealed high level resistance to erythromycin, moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin. This is a first report of the 027 strain of C. difficile in Poland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ribotyping

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents