Clostridium difficile: Prevalence in horses and environment, and antimicrobial susceptibility

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-471

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

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Diarrhoea; Environment; Foal; Horse; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; SOIL ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0642283365     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775600505     Document Type: Article

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