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Evaluation of Clostridium difficile in dogs and the household environment
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Clostridium difficile may be an emerging community-associated pathogen but little is known about its sources of exposure. This study evaluated C. difficile contamination in households and colonization of pets. C. difficile was isolated from 44/836 (5.3%) sites in 26/84 (31%) households. Ribotype 027 was the most common (25%) environmental strain. C. difficile was isolated from 14/139 (10%) dogs. Living with an immunocompromised individual was associated with C. difficile colonization in dogs. All toxigenic strains identified in pets have been isolated from humans in Ontario. C. difficile was isolated concurrently from dogs and the environment in four households, but in all cases canine and environmental ribotypes were different. C. difficile was relatively common in households, suggesting that exposure to this pathogen may be a regular event. There was no evidence that dogs are a significant source of household C. difficile contamination.
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Metadata
- Authors
- WEESE, J. S., FINLEY, R., REID-SMITH, R. R., JANECKO, N., & ROUSSEAU, J.
- Affiliations
- Ontario Veterinary College (CA)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
- University of Guelph (CA)
- Corresponding author
- WEESE, J. S.
- Venue
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2009-12-02
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1100-1104
- ISSN
- 0950-2688 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-4409
- OpenAlex
- W2166800741
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 4.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Epidemiology and Infection (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Public Health Agency
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infection Control in Healthcare
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Keywords
- Clostridium difficile, dogs, household environment, environmental contamination, ribotype 027, immunocompromised patients, community-associated infections, zoonotic transmission, toxigenic strains, Ontario
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Bacterial Toxins, Carrier State, Disease Reservoirs, Dogs, Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous, Environmental Microbiology, Feces, Female, Male, Zoonoses, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Clostridioides difficile
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