Table 2. Distribution of ribotypes among 898 clinical C. difficile isolates from 2009.

Ribotype	No. of strains	Percentage
053	198	22
014/0	81	9.0
027	73	8.1
002/2	35	4.0
001	28	3.1
005	26	2.8
‘Infrequent’ ribotypes (n = 10–25)*	161	17.8
‘Rare’ ribotypes (n = <10)†	296	33.2

^*010, 012, 018, 020, 029, 078, 241, 408, 600.

^†003, 009, 014/5, 015, 017, 019, 023, 025, 026, 031, 043, 045, 046, 049, 054, 056, 066, 070, 080, 081, 087, 126, 153, 176, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 212, 220, 232, 236, 237, 239, 250, 403, 404, 405, 411, 413, 415, 419, 425, 429, 430, 431, 432, 434, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 448, 449, 451, 453, 457, 470, 472, 477, 481, 483, 484, 486, 492, 495, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 507, 508, 510, 512, 514, 515, 516, 518, 519, 520, 523, 525, 526, 530, 531, 532, 535, 537, 542, 548, 549, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 655, 656, 657, 658.