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Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in a large teaching hospital in Thailand
PLoS ONE, Vol.10(5), Article e0127026
2015
Abstract
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of healthcare-associated morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Thailand, CDI exhibits low recurrence and mortality and its molecular epidemiology is unknown. CDI surveillance was conducted in a tertiary facility (Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok). A total of 53 toxigenic C. difficile strains from Thai patients were analyzed by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), PCR ribotyping, and pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The mean age of the cohort was 64 years and 62.3% were female; 37.7% of patients were exposed to > two antibiotics prior to a diagnosis of CDI, with beta-lactams the most commonly used drug (56.3%). Metronidazole was used most commonly (77.5%; success rate 83.9%), and non-responders were treated with vancomycin (success rate 100%). None of the isolates carried binary toxin genes. Most isolates (98.2-100%) were susceptible to metronidazole, vancomycin, tigecycline and daptomycin. There were 11 sequence types (STs), 13 ribotypes (RTs) and four PFGE types. Six previously identified STs (ST12, ST13, ST14, ST33, ST41 and ST45) and five novel STs unique to Thailand (ST66, ST67, ST68, ST69 and ST70) were identified. PCR RTs UK 017 (ST45) (45.3%) and UK 014/020 (ST33) (24.5%) were the most common. High concordance was observed between the MLST and ribotyping results (p<0.001). C. difficile isolates from Thai patients were highly susceptible to standard antimicrobial agents. In conclusion, the five STs indicate the high genetic diversity and unique polymorphisms in Thailand. Moreover, the emergence of antimicrobial resistance to vancomycin warranted continuous surveillance to prevent further spread of the toxigenic C. difficile isolates.
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- Title
- Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in a large teaching hospital in Thailand
- Authors/Creators
- P. Ngamskulrungroj (Author/Creator) - Siriraj HospitalS. Sanmee (Author/Creator) - Siriraj HospitalP. Pusathit (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaP. Piewngam (Author/Creator) - Siriraj HospitalB. Elliott (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaT.V. Riley (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaP. Kiratisin (Author/Creator) - Siriraj Hospital
- Publication Details
- PLoS ONE, Vol.10(5), Article e0127026
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Identifiers
- 991005541338607891
- Copyright
- © 2015 Ngamskulrungroj et al.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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