%0 Journal Article %A URBÁN, EDIT %A BRAZIER, JON S. %A SÓKI, JÓZSEF %A NAGY, ELISABETH %A DUERDEN, BRIAN I. %T PCR ribotyping of clinically important Clostridium difficile strains from Hungary %D 2001 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 50 %N 12 %P 1082-1086 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-50-12-1082 %I Microbiology Society, %X Isolates of Clostridium difficile from different hospital wards at the University Hospital of Szeged in Hungary were typed by PCR amplification of rRNA intergenic spacer regions (PCR ribotyping). A total of 15 different ribotypes was detected among the 65 isolates tested. The predominant type, PCR ribotype 087, accounted for 39% of all isolates, in contrast with an international typing study where ribotype 001 was the most common. Two non-toxigenic C. difficile strains were found to exhibit the same pattern, which was distinct from those of all the ribotypes described previously, suggesting that this is a new type. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/0022-1317-50-12-1082