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Table 2 Results for individual fecal samples from calves and molecular characterization of isolated C. difficile strains

From: Identification of risk factors influencing Clostridium difficile prevalence in middle-size dairy farms

Samples

Farm

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Overall

%

 

No. calves

171

48

97

160

121

69

263

125

48

153

73

98

110

313

83

59

157

70

184

40

2442

100

Analysis

DNA isol.

44

24

6

92

83

26

11

58

2

67

34

6

6

185

62

26

81

41

52

12

918

37.6

 

qPCR +

11

8

1

17

32

15

2

15

2

10

9

1

1

30

29

12

24

14

6

4

243

10

 

Culture +

2

5

1

8

7

6

2

4

1

5

2

1

0

11

17

7

11

10 (9)

2

0

102 (101)

4.2 (4.1)

Ribotype

Toksinotype

                      

001/072

0

1

                   

1

1

002

0

      

1

1

     

1

      

3

2.9

003

0

     

1

              

1

1

005

0

  

1

                 

1

1

012

0

         

3

   

1

      

4

3.9

014/020

0

      

1

       

1

     

2

2

018

0

        

1

           

1

1

023

IV

          

1

         

1

1

033

XIa

1

5

 

8

7

5

   

1

 

1

 

9

16

7

11

6

  

77

75.5

071

Tox-

                  

2

 

2

2

077

0

                 

3

  

3

2.9

SLO 029

0

                 

1

  

1

1

SLO 036

0

          

1

         

1

1

SLO 084

Tox-

       

2

            

2

2

SLO 116

Tox-

       

1

            

1

1

SLO 195

0

         

1

          

1

1