Direct Clostridioides difficile ribotyping from stool using capillary electrophoresis.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Colin D LloydLinda Chui

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile(C. difficile) genotyping is essential for surveillance of emerging strains, transmissions, and outbreak investigations, but culture is lengthy and may not be routinely performed, which necessitates culture-independent genotyping methods. We aimed to develop a direct from stool C. difficile PCR ribotyping algorithm using capillary electrophoresis. Ribotypes were generated directly from 66.8% of stools with 33.2% requiring broth enrichment. 16S and tcdB cycle thresholds (Ct) were significantly lower (P< 0.001) in directly ribotyped stools compared to enriched stools, and Ct correlated with direct ribotyping (area under the curve: 0.97 and 0.96, respectively). Direct and isolate ribotypes were 94.7% concordant. Mixed C. difficile ribotypes were presumptively identified in 14 (7.5%) samples with 12 (6.4%) mixtures confirmed. We have developed a rapid PCR ribotyping algorithm allowing for direct C. difficile genotyping from stool using capillary electrophoresis with occasional detection of mixed C. difficile populations in stool, which is a limitation of conventional isolate genotyping.

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