COMPARISON OF DELMEE AND POLISH SEROGROUP-SPECIFIC CLOSTRIDIUM-DIFFICILE STRAINS

In this study we compared Delmee and Polish serogroup-specific Clostri dium difficile strains by slide agglutination, observation of flagella and SDS-PAGE protein patterns. Among Delmee serogroup specific strain s we observed flagella in groups A, D and K. Among Polish serogroup-sp ecific Clostridium difficile strains we did not observe flagella. The Polish serogroup-specific strains gave different protein patterns comp ared to Delmee strains. SDS-PAGE protein pattern analyses of Polish se rogroup-specific strains divide these strains into 3 groups: 71, 88 an d third embracing 18, 27, 70, 72, and 89.