Authors
Yang Luan, Yiting Yang, Yixian Tian, He Zhao, Hao Li, Huan Wang, Qingyu Wang, Xiaoli Wei, Baozhong Chen
Published in
Frontiers in microbiology. Volume 17. Pages 1882279. Epub Jul 01, 2026.
Abstract
Clostridioides difficile is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and a growing public health concern, yet data on its genomic characteristics and antimicrobial resistance in Northwest China remain scarce.
This study investigated the molecular epidemiology and resistance profiles of C. difficile in Xi'an using 149 toxigenic isolates recovered from diarrhoeal stool samples collected across seven hospitals between 2018 and 2025. Isolates were characterised by whole-genome sequencing (WGS), multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and PCR-ribotyping, with antimicrobial susceptibility determined by the Etest method.
The predominant toxin profile was A+B+CDT- (88.6%, 132/149), followed by A-B+CDT- (8.7%, 13/149) and A+B+CDT+ (2.7%, 4/149); binary toxin (CDT)-positive isolates were exclusively A+B+. MLST and ribotyping resolved 29 sequence types (STs) and 48 ribotypes (RTs), with ST42/RT106 (17.4%), ST3/RT001 (9.4%), and ST54/RT012 (8.7%) the most prevalent. All isolates remained susceptible to metronidazole and vancomycin, whereas high resistance proportions were observed for ciprofloxacin (84.6%), erythromycin (56.4%), and clindamycin (53.7%). The Thr82Ile substitution in GyrA was detected in fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates, and the Arg505Lys substitution in RpoB in rifampicin-resistant isolates.
These findings establish, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive genomic profile of C. difficile in Xi'an and may inform regional surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship efforts.
PMID:
42459883
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 16 Jul 2026.
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