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The excess from fecal samples submitted to a centralized laboratory in Roanoke, Virginia for routine C. difficile testing was used for this research study. We tested all samples, including any formed samples usually not assayed in diagnostic laboratories. Our first aim was to rank ribotypes by their frequency. Between 2007 and 2013, fluoroquinolone resistant 027 (027FQR), a multi-drug resistant ribotype,...