Prevalence, genotype and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridium difficile isolates from healthy pets in Eastern China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a main cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in humans. Several studies have been performed to reveal the prevalence rate of C. difficile in cats and dogs. However, little is known about the epidemiology of C. difficile in healthy pets in China. This study aimed to assess the burden of C. difficile shedding by healthy dogs and cats in China. Furthermore, the genetic diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the recovered isolates were determined.

Methods

A total of 175 faecal samples were collected from 146 healthy dogs and 29 cats. C. difficile strains were isolated and identified from the feces of these pets. The characterized C. difficile strains were typed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and the MIC

SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6330442 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature