TABLE 1.

C. difficile AP-PCR types isolated from symptomatic patients, hospital environments, and the hands of health care workers on ward A

AP-PCR type	No. of clinical isolates/total no. tested	No. of isolates from hand impressions/total no. tested	Environmental isolates
			No. of isolates/total no. tested	Environmental site(s)
Ia	40/42	14/15	181/201	Multiple
IIb	NIa	NI	1/201	Bed frame
IIIa	1/42	1/15	5/201	Bay floor (n = 2), bed frame, toilet floor, curtain rail
IIIb	NI	NI	3/201	bay floor (n = 2), window frame, bay floor
IV	1/42	NI	1/201
V	NI	NI	1/201	Bed frame
VIIIb	NI	NI	4/201	Radiator (n = 2), bed frame, bay partition
VIIIc	NI	NI	2/201	Isolation room floor, radiator
IX	NI	NI	1/201	Isolation room floor
XIII	NI	NI	1/201	Bed frame

^aNI, not isolated.