Table 2. The STs and toxin gene carriage of C. difficile strains.
| STa | Allele profileb | Ribotypec | CC | Claded | Toxin A | Toxin B | Binary toxin | No. of strains |
| ST2 | 1-1-2-1-5-3-1 | 014/020 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 |
| ST3 | 1-1-2-1-1-1-1 | 001 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 5 |
| ST8 | 1-1-2-6-1-5-1 | 002 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 |
| ST35 | 2-5-8-1-1-3-6 | 046 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 4 |
| ST37 | 3-7-3-8-6-9-11 | 017 | 37 | 4/A-B+ | − | + | − | 3 |
| ST54 | 1-4-7-1-1-3-3 | 012 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 4 |
| ST208 | 2-7-8-1-1-3-6 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST209 | 1-6-4-7-2-8-11 | 5 | 3/HA2 | + | + | + | 2 | |
| ST210 | 1-1-2-1-1-1-11 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST211 | 2-5-8-1-1-3-11 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST212 | 1-4-7-1-1-3-6 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST213 | 1-11-6-6-1-12-6 | 99 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST214 | 1-1-2-1-5-3-12 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST215 | 3-7-3-8-6-9-29 | 37 | 4/A−B+ | − | + | − | 1 | |
| ST216 | 3-7-3-8-6-9-6 | 37 | 4/A−B+ | − | + | − | 1 | |
| ST218 | 2-5-8-1-1-3-1 | 28 | 1/HA1 | + | + | − | 1 | |
| ST219 | 3-7-3-1-6-9-11 | 37 | 4/A-B+ | − | + | − | 2 |
a
Underlined STs include results from directly typing the stool DNA from three CDI patients with no recovery of C. difficile.
b
Alleles are adk-atpA-dxr-glyA-recA-sodA-tpi.
c
Ribotype is predicted and those for new STs are not available.
d
Names of clades are from reference [9].