Quantification of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in feces of calves of different age and determination of predominant Clostridioides difficile ribotype 033 relatedness and transmission between family dairy farms using multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis

Bandelj, Petra; Harmanus, Céline; Blagus, Rok; Cotman, Marko; Kuijper, Ed J.; Ocepek, Matjaz; Vengust, Modest

doi:10.1186/s12917-018-1616-8

Table 1 Quantification results for C. difficile in feces of calves that were positive multiple times

From: Quantification of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in feces of calves of different age and determination of predominant Clostridioides difficile ribotype 033 relatedness and transmission between family dairy farms using multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis

Calf
1	Age (days)	10	24	38	52	66	80	94	108
1	No. CD	102	0	0	0	0	0	88	0
2	Age (days)	11	25	39	53	67	81	95
2	No. CD	0	3716	0	0	0	LOQ	0
3	Age (days)	12	27	40	54	68	82
3	No. CD	147	578	0	LOQ	194	0
4	Age (days)	10	24	38	52	66
4	No. CD	0	0	318	174	0
5	Age (days)	6	20	34
5	No. CD	2758	732	0
6	Age (days)	5	19	33	47
6	No. CD	0	3300	110	0
7	Age (days)	2	16	30	44
7	No. CD	684	0	LOQ	0
8	Age (days)	3	17	31	45	59
8	No. CD	295	0	0	LOQ	0
9	Age (days)	2	16	30
9	No. CD	1530	441	0
10	Age (days)	5	19	33	47	61	75
10	No. CD	135,486	92	0	183	LOQ	0
11	Age (days)	5	19	33	47	61	75	89	103	117
11	No. CD	2676	572	241	0	209	0	0	LOQ	0
12	Age (days)	9	23	37	51	65
12	No. CD	805	0	942	129	0
13	Age (days)	9	22	36	50	92	106	120
13	No. CD	662	408	1189	0	0	610	0
14	Age (days)	1	15	29	43	57	71
14	No. CD	96,398	37,640	0	0	LOQ	0
15	Age (days)	11	25	39	53	67
15	No. CD	3569	2683	1901	LOQ	0
16	Age (days)	1	15	29	43	57
16	No. CD	13,705,988	32,219	1623	368	0
17	Age (days)	0	14	28	42	56	70	84
17	No. CD	1519	0	LOQ	0	41	198	0
18	Age (days)	0	14	29	42	56	70	0
18	No. CD	0	0	333	0	274	0	0
19	Age (days)	12	26	40	54	67	82
19	No. CD	0	0	890	65,507	2867	0
20	Age (days)	59	73	87	101	115	129	143	157	171
20	No. CD	0	242	0	0	0	0	0	LOQ	0
21	Age (days)	3	17	31
21	No. CD	3937	4115	0
22	Age (days)	1	15	29	43	57	71	85
22	No. CD	114	0	287	0	0	356	0
23	Age (days)	13	27	41
23	No. CD	23,470	322	0
24	Age (days)	3	17	31
24	No. CD	54,900	4,278,134	0
25	Age (days)	1	15	29	43	57	71	85	99	113
25	No. CD	103,235	1177	0	0	0	0	0	LOQ	0
26	Age (days)	11	25	39	53	67	81	95	109	123
26	No. CD	274,108	0	0	0	0	0	0	631	0
27	Age (days)	12	25	40
27	No. CD	10,811,054	938	0
28	Age (days)	2	16	30	44	58	72
28	No. CD	0	105,727	0	0	LOQ	0
29	Age (days)	9	23	37	51
29	No. CD	2919	0	LOQ	0
30	Age (days)	7	21	35
30	No. CD	2,589,994	1152	0
31	Age (days)	4	18	32	46
31	No. CD	0	806	38,702	LOQ
32	Age (days)	7	21	35
32	No. CD	9630	1827	0
33	Age (days)	6	20	34
33	No. CD	1,587,504	5278	0
34	Age (days)	9	23	37	51	65	79	93
34	No. CD	3,906,984	1316	1055	0	0	783	0
35	Age (days)	13	27	42	55	69	83	97
35	No. CD	53,735	66,424	LOQ	20,396	0	LOQ	0
36	Age (days)	12	26	40	54	68
36	No. CD	842,730	1084	0	304	0
37	Age (days)	3	17	31	45	59
37	No. CD	7,260,792	1346	632	LOQ	0
38	Age (days)	5	19	33	47	61	75
38	No. CD	11,629	137	3715	0	723	0
39	Age (days)	34	48	62	76	90
39	No. CD	294	0	0	LOQ	0
40	Age (days)	9	23	37	51
40	No. CD	207	LOQ	LOQ	0
41	Age (days)	10	24	38
41	No. CD	428	401	0
42	Age (days)	6	20	34
42	No. CD	28,022	779	0
43	Age (days)	20	34	48	62	76	90	104	118	132
43	No. CD	0	30,971	0	0	0	0	0	0	LOQ
44	Age (days)	9	22	37
44	No. CD	3,593,368	4064	0
45	Age (days)	8	21	36
45	No. CD	678,040	1627	0
46	Age (days)	11	25	39	53	67	81
46	No. CD	129	13,724	0	0	537	0
47	Age (days)	0	14	28	42	56
47	No. CD	0	3,200,151	7897	2160	0
48	Age (days)	12	26	40
48	No. CD	48,901	8297	0

LOQ under the limit of quantification; CD Clostridioides difficile

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