Toxigenic, atypical strains of Clostridioides difficile isolated from soils of Western Australian public parks
Public park soils in Perth, Western Australia were investigated for Clostridioides difficile. C. difficile was found at a high prevalence of 73 %. Over 19 % of the C. difficile isolates were toxigenic, including clinically relevant C. difficile ribotypes 014/020 and 106. Additionally, an esculin-hydrolysis negative, A<sup>+</sup>B<sup>-</sup>CDT<sup>-</sup> isolate was recovered.
Authors
- Thomas V. Riley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1351-3740)
- Paul V. McGraw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-8560)
- Su‐Chen Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-6573)
- Deirdre A. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-9290)
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Pathwest Laboratory Medicine (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anaerobe
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2025.102986
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40