Table 3. Ten most common PCR ribotypes for Clostridium difficile strains with known community or healthcare associations, Finland, 2008â2013.
| Ribotype | No. (%) strains |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Community-associated, n = 283 | Healthcare-associated, n = 910 | All, âšN = 1,193 | |
| 027 | 30 (10.6) | 237 (26.0) | 267 (22.4) |
| 001 | 25 (8.8) | 154 (16.9) | 179 (15.0) |
| 014 | 19 (6.7) | 76 (8.4) | 95 (8.0) |
| 023 | 24 (8.5) | 50 (5.5) | 74 (6.2) |
| 002 | 21 (7.4) | 42 (4.6) | 63 (5.3) |
| 020 | 20 (7.1) | 41 (4.5) | 61 (5.1) |
| 078 | 18 (6.4) | 27 (3.0) | 45 (3.8) |
| 005 | 13 (4.6) | 25 (2.7) | 38 (3.2) |
| 018 | 12 (4.2) | 25 (2.7) | 37 (3.1) |
| 011 | 9 (3.2) | 19 (2.1) | 28 (2.3) |
| Other | 92 (32.5) | 214 (23.5) | 306 (25.6) |