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. 2022 Jun 17;117:e220035. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760220035

TABLE. Clostridioides difficile strains used in this study.

Strains Ribotypes Toxigenic profile b Clinical conditions References
SJ1 135 a tcdA + /tcdB + /CDT- SH, DM, hemorrhagic EVA 23
HU09 133 a tcdA + /tcdB + /CDT- Crohn’s disease 24
1598 014 tcdA + /tcdB + /CDT- HIV+ 25
BI/NAP1 c 027 tcdA + /tcdB + /CDT+ - 26
630 012 tcdA + /tcdB + /CDT- Pseudomembranous colitis 27

a: ribotypes of C. difficile exclusive from Brazil; b: polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to the detection of the toxin genes; c: BI/NAP1/027 strain (ANA #2004016) was kindly provided by Dr Angela Thompson from the CDC, Atlanta, USA; tcdA+ and tcdB+ (positive for the presence of toxins TcdA and TcdB); CDT: (+) positive or (-) negative for the presence of binary toxin genes; SH: system hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; EVA: haemorrhagic encephalic vascular accident; HIV+: positive for the human immunodeficiency virus.