Research Article

Epidemiological Features of Clostridium difficile Colonizing the Intestine of Jordanian Infants

Table 2

Toxigenic profile of 37 C. difficile isolates.

Toxin profileNumber of isolates (%)

A+ B+13
A+ B−1 (2.7)
A− B+6 (16.2)
Negative A & B17

Total (%)37

one isolate was positive for binary toxin genes as confirmed by sequencing; 4.1% of the C. difficile isolates were toxigenic strains; /287 (12.9%) were intestine colonized with C. difficile.