Table 2.

Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Isolates

No.	Isolate	tcdA, tcdB a	Binary Toxin (cdtA)b	tcdC deletion (repressor deletion 117)b	Ribotype	Cytotoxicity
1	BID-20	+	–	–	F137	+
2	BID-37	+	–	–	F106	+
3	BID-71	+	–	–	F106	+
4	M-118	+	–	–	F056	+
5	M-223	+	–	–	F255	+
6	M-391	+	–	–	F014-020	+
7	M-494	+	–	–	F106	+
8	M-639	+	–	–	F014-020	+
9	M-687	+	–	–	F002	+
10	R1A-007	+	–	–	F106	+
11	R1A-086	+	–	–	F001	+
12	R1A-122	+	–	–	F053-163	+

We successfully cultured 12 isolates of Clostridioides difficile from 13 stool samples (from patients indicated in Table 1).

Abbreviations: -, absence; +, presence.

^aAll strains were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction to verify the presence of tcdA and tcdB genes.

^bAnalyzed by Cepheid Xpert Clostridioides difficile/EPI.