Prevalence of PCR ribotypes among Clostridium difficile isolates from pigs, calves, and other species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1963-1964

  Keel, Kevin ^a,e   Brazier, Jon S ^b   Post, Karen W ^c   Weese, Scott ^d   Songer, J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c Rollins Anim Dis Diagn Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALF (BOVINE); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34250660545     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00224-07     Document Type: Article

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