Table 7.
Review of Clostridium difficile studies, ranged by latitude from north to south in mainland China
| No. | Geographic | Year | MLST prevalence
|
RTs prevalence
|
Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (%) | 2nd (%) | 3rd (%) | 1st (%) | 2nd (%) | 3rd (%) | ||||
| 1 | Beijing | 1980s–2012 | ST37 (25.7) | ST35 (18.6) | ST3 (17.1) | 29 | |||
| 2 | Beijing | 2012–2015 | ST54 (16.4) | ST3 (14.7) | ST37 (13.8) | 8 | |||
| 3 | Beijing | 2014–2015 | ST54 (18.9) | ST2 (13.5) | ST37 (12.2) | 28 | |||
| 4 | Hebei | 2013–2014 | ST54 (29.2) | ST3 (25.7) | ST35 (10.6) | 39 | |||
| 5 | Shandong | 2016–2017 | ST2 (25.0) | ST35 (18.1) | ST37 (12.5) | RT046 (13.9) | RT014 (12.5) | RT017 (12.5) | This study |
| 6 | Jiangsu | 2015–2016 | ST54 (32.8) | ST3 (16.4) | ST35 (13.1) | 40 | |||
| 7 | Shanghai | 2012–2013 | ST81 (18.8) | ST54 (14.1) | ST 37 (12.5) | 41 | |||
| 8 | Shanghai | 2012–2013 | RT017 (21.0) | RT012 (17.3) | RTH (16.7) | 14 | |||
| 9 | Sichuan | 2012–2013 | ST3 (16.1) | ST35 (12.9) | ST54 (12.9) | 34 | |||
| 10 | Zhejiang | 2009–2011 | ST54 (23.0) | ST35 (19.3) | ST37 (10.0) | 12 | |||
| 11 | Zhejiang | 2012–2013 | RT006 (55.0) | RT002 (30.0) | RT014 (10.0) | 42 | |||
| 12 | Zhejiang | 2013 | RT017 (50.0) | RT001 (26.8) | RT014 (14.6) | 43 | |||
| 13 | Zhejiang | 2012–2015 | ST37 (16.5) | ST3 (16.3) | ST54 (12.9) | 7 | |||
| 14 | Hunan | 2009–2010 | RT017 (48.0) | RT046 (14.0) | RT012 (14.0) | 44 | |||
Abbreviations: MLST, multilocus sequence typing; RT, ribotype; ST, sequence type.