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| Title |
Clostridium difficile ribotypes in humans and animals in Brazil
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| Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760150294 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Maja Rupnik, Amanda Nádia Diniz, Eduardo Garcia Vilela, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato |
| Abstract |
Clostridium difficile is an emerging enteropathogen responsible for pseudomembranous colitis in humans and diarrhoea in several domestic and wild animal species. Despite its known importance, there are few studies aboutC. difficile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotypes in Brazil and the actual knowledge is restricted to studies on human isolates. The aim of the study was therefore to compare C. difficileribotypes isolated from humans and animals in Brazil. Seventy-six C. difficile strains isolated from humans (n = 25), dogs (n = 23), piglets (n = 12), foals (n = 7), calves (n = 7), one cat, and one manned wolf were distributed into 24 different PCR ribotypes. Among toxigenic strains, PCR ribotypes 014/020 and 106 were the most common, accounting for 14 (18.4%) and eight (10.5%) samples, respectively. Fourteen different PCR ribotypes were detected among human isolates, nine of them have also been identified in at least one animal species. PCR ribotype 027 was not detected, whereas 078 were found only in foals. This data suggests a high diversity of PCR ribotypes in humans and animals in Brazil and support the discussion of C. difficile as a zoonotic pathogen. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 7% |
| Professor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 14 | 25% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 15 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 December 2015.
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