Clostridium difficile associated with acute colitis in mature horses treated with antibiotics

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Baverud V ^a   Gustafsson, A ^b   Franklin, A ^a   Lindholm, A ^b   Gunnarsson, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Cytotoxin; Horse

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SALMONELLA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LACTAM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LACTAMS; MALE;

EID: 0000617054     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1997.tb03124.x     Document Type: Article

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