Longitudinal survey of Clostridium difficile presence and gut microbiota composition in a Belgian nursing home

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the 23 residents enrolled in the study and molecular type of the isolates

Resident number	Age (years)	Genre	Status	Room floor	Diarrhea	Hospital stay	Antibiotic treatment	Probiotic treatment	C. difficile culture	PCR-ribotype	N° isolates	CE	tcdA tcdB	cdtA cdtB	tcdC MUT	gyrA MUT
01	77	M	SD	1	+	-	+	-	+	UCL16a	9	+	+	-	-	-
02	78	F	D	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
03	92	F	D	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
04	88	F	D	1	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
05	93	F	D	1	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
06	86	F	D	2	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
07	92	F	SD	3	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	91	F	SD	3	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
09	88	F	D	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	78	F	SD	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	87	F	D	2	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	65	M	D	1	-	-	+	-	+	UCL36	4	-	-	-	-	-
14	76	F	SD	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	50	F	D	2	+	-	-	+	+	027	22	+	+	+	+	+
16	94	F	D	3	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	63	F	D	3	+	-	+	-	+	UCL36	1	-	-	-	-	-
17	63	F	D	3	+	-	+	-	+	027	1	+	+	+	+	+
18	86	M	D	2	+	-	-	-	+	027	10	+	+	+	+	+
19	89	F	SD	3	+	-	+	-	+	UCL36	2	-	-	-	-	-
										UCL46	2	+	+	-	-	-
										027	4	+	+	+	+	+
20	81	F	SD	1	-	-	+	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
21	82	F	D	1	+	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
22	83	F	D	1	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
23	88	F	D	2	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
24	81	F	D	1	-	-	+	+	+	UCL36	4	-	-	-	-	-

M male
F female
SD semi-dependant residents
D dependant residents
CE cytotoxicity assay using MRC-5 cells
tcdC MUT: Presence of deletions in the regulator gene tcdC (118 bp-39 bp-17 bp)
gyrA MUT: Presence of mutation in the gyrA gene associated with moxifloxacin resistance

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