Table 1. Clostridium difficile isolates in a Germany-wide survey, July 2012-August 2013.

	in total	human	animal	dogs	cats
Considered samples	1,418	578	840	437	403
Positive samples (%)	42 (3.0)	17 (2.9)	25 (3.0)	15 (3.4)	10 (2.5)
C. difficile isolates	44	18*h	26*a	16*a	10
Different ribotypes	17	12	8	6	5

*^h: two different RTs were isolated in sample 0748M2

*^a: two different RTs were isolated in sample 0934T1

Authors’ comment: three RTs were isolated in humans and animals but did not originate from the same household