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

Chin-Shiang Tsai; Ya-Lien Cheng; Jung-Sheng Chen; Pei-Jane Tsai; Bo-Yang Tsai; Bing-Mu Hsu; I-Hsiu Huang

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Oct 2022)

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

Chin-Shiang Tsai,
Ya-Lien Cheng,
Jung-Sheng Chen,
Pei-Jane Tsai,
Bo-Yang Tsai,
Bing-Mu Hsu,
I-Hsiu Huang

Affiliations

Chin-Shiang Tsai: Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Yunlin, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Ya-Lien Cheng: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Jung-Sheng Chen: Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Pei-Jane Tsai: Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Bo-Yang Tsai: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Bing-Mu Hsu: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
I-Hsiu Huang: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, St. Tulsa, OK 74107, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 55, no. 5
pp. 977 – 981

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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.

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-microbiology-immunology-and-infection

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