Isolation of Clostridium perfringens and Clostridioides difficile in diarrheic and nondiarrheic cats

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Marcio Garcia [UNESP], de Paula, Carolina Lechinski [UNESP], Pires, Isadora Honorato, Oliveira Junior, Carlos Augusto, Diniz, Amanda Nadia, de Araújo Nunes, Talita Augusto, Lobato, Francisco Carlos Faria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102164; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/201600
• topic: Colitis; Diarrhea; Feline

The occurrence and characteristics of Clostridioides (previously Clostridium) difficile and Clostridium perfringens in the feces of diarrheic and non-diarrheic cats was investigated. Apparently healthy animals were more likely to be positive for C. perfringens type A (p = 0.009). Two isolates (0.7%), one each from a diarrheic and an apparently healthy cat, were positive for the enterotoxin-encoding gene but negative for the NetF-encoding gene. Six toxigenic C. difficile isolates were isolated, all RT106 and ST42, which is commonly reported in humans with C. difficile infection.