Table 2.
C. difficile REA groups and corresponding ribotypes.
| REA Group (n) |
Ribotype (n) [REA type(s) within each ribotype] |
|---|---|
| A (5) | 054 (4) [A1, A5, A7], 056(1) [A4] |
| B (4) | 053 (4) [B1. B2. B3] |
| D (2) | 081 (2) [D5] |
| E (6) | 005 (5) [E1, E5, E7, E9, E12], 042 (1) [E11] |
| F (1) | 046 (1) [F11] |
| G (4) | 002 (4) [G1, G9, G11, G13] |
| J (12) | 001 (6) [J2, J7, J9, J27, J33], 002 (1) [J17], 055 (2) [J33], 072 (1) [J25], 115 (2) [J32] |
| K (5) | 053 (5) [K1, K3, K14, K16] |
| L (4) | 003 (1) [L3], 057 (1) [L*], 070 (2) [L5, L*] |
| M (1) | 010 (1) [M11] |
| N (5) | 015 (2) [N1p, N7], 050 (1) [N*], 062 (2) [N2, N5] |
| P (1) | 060 (1) [P*] |
| R (5) | 012 (4) [R1, R23, R24, R25], 117 (1) [R30] |
| T (1) | 009 (1) [T*] |
| W (1) | 018 (1) [W10] |
| X (3) | 075 (3) [X1, X3] |
| Y (23) | 001 (1) [Y35], 005 (1) [Y20], 006(1) [Y33], 007 (1) [Y4], 014 (7) [Y4, Y12, Y31, Y33], 020 (4) [Y1p,Y38], 025 (1) [Y5], 076(4) [Y1, Y1p, Y8, Y9], 077 (1) [Y4], 095 (1) [Y1], 169 (1) [Y5] |
| Z (1) | 087 (1) [Z4] |
| AA (4) | 033 (3) [AA1, AA2], 288 (1) [AA3] |
| AB (1) | 003 (1) [AB*] |
| AD (1) | 035 (1) [AD5] |
| AE (1) | 031 (1) [AE*] |
| AH (4) | 019 (2) [AH7], 251 (2) [AH1, AH6] |
| AJ (2) | 011 (1) [AJ*], 022 (1) [AJ*] |
| AL (2) | 056 (1) [AL4], 190 (1) [AL1] |
| AN (2) | 023 (1) [AN*], 058 (1) [AN5] |
| AP (1) | 084 (1) [AP*] |
| AQ (3) | 039 (1) [AQ6], 067 (2) [AQ4] |
| AZ (2) | 085 (1) [AZ*], 088 (1) [AZ*] |
| BH (1) | 063 (1) [BH3] |
| BI (7) | 016 (1) [BI8], 027 (5) [BI1ˆ, BI3ˆ, BI17, BI23, BI29], 036 (1) [BI21] |
| BK (12) | 045 (2) [BK3, BK15], 066 (2) [BK3, BK17], 078 (4) [BK10], 126 (4) [BK6, BK16] |
| BM (3) | 103 (3) [BM1, BM5, BM9] |
| BX (1) | 043 (1) [BX*] |
| CF (6) | 017 (3) [CF1, CF2, CF7], 047 (1) [CF16], 066 (2) [CF19] |
| CG (2) | 265 (2) [CG1, CG3] |
| CL (1) | 004 (1) [CL2] |
| CO (1) | 163 (1) [CO3] |
| CQ (1) | 051 (1) [CQ3] |
| CR (1) | 068 (1) [CR*] |
| CW (1) | 026 (1) [CW2] |
| CX (1) | 064 (1) [CX1] |
| DG (1) | 153 (1) [DG1] |
| DH (7) | 106 (4) [DH4, DH7, DH10, DH17], 118 (1) [DH2], 147 (1) [DH10], 174 (1) [DH2] |
| DI (1) | 029 (1) [DI1] |
| DK (1) | 079 (1) [DK1] |
| DL (1) | 131 (1) [DL1] |
| DM (1) | 122 (1) [DM1] |
| DN (1) | 037 (1) [DN1] |
| DO (1) | 083 (1) [DO1] |
| DP (1) | 040 (1) [DP1] |
*
Isolates identified by REA group, but specific REA type not assigned (see methods).
ˆ
Historic BI strains isolated in the late 1980s/early 1990s, well before the BI/NAP1/027 epidemic, which started in the early 2000s.
p-Plasmid accounts for a distinguishing band in the REA pattern of the whole genome HindIII digest