Clostridium difficile causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea in both humans and animals. The
ribotype 078, predominant in food animals, is associated with community-acquired C …

Clostridium difficile is a human and animal pathogen. Recently, the incidence of community-
acquired C. difficile infection has increased, and many studies have indicated that C. difficile …

Recently, an apparent rise in the number of cases attributed to community-acquired
Clostridium difficile infection has led researchers to explore additional sources of infection …

Abstract Information on the epidemiology of C. difficile infection (CDI) in South-East Asian
countries is limited, as is data on possible animal reservoirs of C. difficile in the region. We …

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, toxin-producing pathogen that causes human infection
possibly through the consumption of meat. Clostridium difficile was isolated from 45 of 415 …

C. difficile has been recognized as a potential zoonotic agent encouraging investigations of
C. difficile prevalence and ribotypes in animals. Here we report the prevalence and diversity …

Clostridium difficile is the major cause of nosocomial diarrhea. We have previously
demonstrated that in southern Taiwan, severe C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) cases …

We investigated the molecular characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium
difficile isolated from animals in China. We obtained 538 rectal swabs from pigs, chickens …

Clostridioides difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen and is considered as a reason of
diarrhea and gastrointestinal infections. As a majority of community‐originated C. difficile …

Background The presence of indistinguishable strains of Clostridium difficile in humans,
food animals and food, as well as the apparent emergence of the food-animal-associated …