Clostridium difficile mixed infection and reinfection

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jan;50(1):142-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05177-11. Epub 2011 Nov 9.

Abstract

Isolates from consecutive Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) fecal samples underwent multilocus sequence typing. Potential reinfections with different genotypes were identified in 88/560 (16%) sample pairs taken 1 to 1,414 days (median, 24; interquartile range [IQR], 1 to 52 days) apart; odds of reinfection increased by 58% for every doubling of time between samples. Of 109 sample pairs taken on the same day, 3 (3%) had different genotypes. Considering samples 0 to 7 days apart as the same CDI, 7% of cases had mixed infections with >1 genotype.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Coinfection / diagnosis*
  • Coinfection / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Recurrence