Author/Editor		Pituch, Hanna; Rupnik, Maja; Obuch-Woszczatynski, Piotr; Grubešič, Ana; Meisel-Mikolajczyk, Felicija; Luczak, Miroslaw
Title		Detection of binary-toxin genes (cdtA and cdtB) among Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) in Poland
Type		članek
Source		J Med Microbiol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 54
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 143-7
Language		eng
Abstract		Clostridium difficile A+B+ and A-B+ strains isolated from stool stamples of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) were selected from the University Hospital Warsaw collection. The binary-toxin genes cdtA and cdtB were detected by PCR in five of the 41 A+B+ strains tested, but in none of the 17 A-B+ strains tested, giving 8.6 % prevalence (5/58) of binary-toxin-positive strains. All of the strains that were positive for binary-toxin genes were grouped into toxitype IV, suggesting that in this institution toxintype IV might dominate among the population of C. difficile with binary-toxin genes.
Descriptors		CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE BACTERIAL PROTEINS BACTERIAL TOXINS CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS DIARRHEA POLAND AGE FACTORS ENTEROTOXINS ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS