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Pcr-Ribotype Distribution Of Clostridium Difficile In Irish Pigs, Katharina Stein, Sarah Egan, Helen Lynch, Celine Harmanus, Lorraine Kyne, Celine Herra, Sinead Mcdermott, Ed Kuijper, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Susan Fitzgerald, Lynda Fenelon, Denise Drudy
Pcr-Ribotype Distribution Of Clostridium Difficile In Irish Pigs, Katharina Stein, Sarah Egan, Helen Lynch, Celine Harmanus, Lorraine Kyne, Celine Herra, Sinead Mcdermott, Ed Kuijper, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Susan Fitzgerald, Lynda Fenelon, Denise Drudy
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Clostridium difficile is an important enteric pathogen in humans causing infections in the healthcare environment and the community. Carriage of C. difficile and C. difficile-related enterocolitis has been reported in piglets worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the rates of C. difficile isolation from pigs in Ireland. Faecal samples from piglet litters and sows were collected from six farms in 2015. The sows were non-diarrhoeal at the time of sampling. The diarrhoeal status of the piglets was unknown. C. difficile was isolated from 34/44 (77%) of piglet litter samples and from 33/156 (21%) of sow samples. The …