Table 3. Clostridium difficile isolates in four cats from two independent households.
| Partici-pant ID | PCR-RT | MLVA | STRD | Toxin genes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6Cd | B7Cd | F3Cd | H9Cd | G8Cd | E7Cd | C6Cd | tcdA | tcdB | cdtA | cdtB | cdd3 | |||
| 0770T2 | 014/0 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0770T4 | 014/0 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0919T2 | 014/0 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0919T3 | 014/0 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ID: identification number; PCR-RT: PCR-ribotype; MLVA: Multilocus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis; STRD: Summed Tandem-Repeat Differences, STRD relating to the previous isolate; tcdA: gene encoding for toxin A; tcdB: gene encoding for toxin B; cdtA and cdtB: genes encoding for the binary toxin called CDT; cdd3: gene encoding an ABC-type transport system, cdd3-PCR performed as a species proof.