Prevalence of β2-toxigenic Clostridium perfringens in horses with intestinal disorders

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 358-361

  Herholz, Cornelia ^a   Miserez, Raymond ^b   Nicolet, Jacques ^b   Frey, Joachim ^b,d   Popoff, Michel ^c   Gibert, Maryse ^c   Gerber, Heinz ^a   Straub, Reto ^a  

^a Dept of Equine Internal Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; GENTAMICIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; ALPHA TOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN; CPB2 PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; GENETICS; HORSE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032589931     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.358-361.1999     Document Type: Article

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