Potentially hypervirulent Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 078 lineage isolates in pigs and possible implications for humans in Taiwan

- Hypervirulent C. difficile ribotype 078 lineage existed widely in pigs in Taiwan.
- Diverse of ribotype 078 lineage in pigs included 066, 078, 126, and 127.
- Ribotype 127 from pigs typically exhibited moxifloxacin resistance.
- Ribotype 127 from pigs were possible implications to human.