TABLE 2.

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

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	39/40	5/6	175/200	Multiple
Ib	NIa	NI	2/200	Bed frame, radiator
IIa	NI	1/6	NI	NAb
IIb	NI	NI	5/200	Overbed lamp, window frame, bay floor, radiator, bed frame
V	NI	NI	6/200	Curtain rails (n = 3), toilet floors (n = 2), radiator
VII	NI	NI	7/200	Bay floor (n = 2), bed frame (n = 2), overbed lamp, bay partition, floor
VIIIa	NI	NI	4/200	Commodes, overbed lamp, bed frame (n = 2)
XI	1/40	NI	NI	NA
XIV	NI	NI	1/200	Radiator

^aNI, not isolated.

^bNA, not applicable.