Table 2.

A global comparison of prevalent ribotypes of C. difficile in different regions of the world.

Nation/Region	Prevalent Strains	Reference
United States	Ribotypes 027, 106, 014/020, 002, 001	CDC 2020 [28], Lessa et al. [119], Kim et al. [29], Guh et al. [30]
Canada	Ribotypes 027, 106, 014/020	Katz et al. [13], Du et al. [13], Carlson et al. [39]
Europe	Ribotypes 014/020, 078, 027, 001	ECDPC 2022 [46], Freeman et al. [47]
Australia	Ribotypes 014/020, 126, 078/126	Hong et al. [56], Putsathit et al. [58]
Asia	Ribotypes 017, 018, 014/020, 001, 002, 010, 046, 126, 084	Collins et al. [81]
South America	Ribotypes 027, 106, 012, 046, 014/020	Diniz et al. [64], Salazar et al. [120]