[Identification of toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains isolated from alimentary tract of dogs by PCR].

Med Dosw Mikrobiol

Zakład Bakteriologii Klinicznej, Instytutu Biostruktury Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.

Published: January 1995

Twenty eight Clostridium difficile strains were investigated. Eleven strains were toxin A and toxin B gene positive. Four strains were negative for both genes. These results correlate with results of cytotoxicity assay. We identified 13 Clostridium difficile strains toxin A gene positive and toxin B gene negative.

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