Table 1 Prevalence of Clostridium difficile detected in beef, cow, sheep, goat, camel and buffalo meat samples in Iran
From: Prevalence of Clostridium difficilein raw beef, cow, sheep, goat, camel and buffalo meat in Iran
Meat sample | No. of samples | No. ofC. difficile-positive samples | No. of isolates positive for toxins | Ribotype 078 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | tcdA | tcdB | cdtB | Â |
Beef | 121 | 2 (1.65%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Cow | 106 | 1 (0.94%) | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Sheep | 150 | 1 (0.67%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
Goat | 92 | 3 (3.26%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Buffalo | 67 | 6 (8.96%) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Camel | 124 | 0 (0.00%) | - | - | - | - |
Total | 660 | 13 (1.97%) | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 |