Epidemic Clostridium difficile strain in hospital visitation dog [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1036-1037

  Lefebvre, Sandra L ^a,b   Arroyo, Luis G ^a   Weese, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ANIMAL CARE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HEALTH CARE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33744899108     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1206.060115     Document Type: Letter

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