Toxin production by and adhesive properties of Clostridium difficile isolated from humans and horses with antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-174

  Taha, Sawsan ^a   Johansson, Orjan ^a   Rivera Jonsson, Stephan ^a   Heimer, Daniel ^b   Krovacek, Karel ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Caco 2 cells; CDAD; Clostridium difficile; Equine intestinal cells; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FECES ANALYSIS; FIMBRIA; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INTESTINES;

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

EID: 33947166231     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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