Isolation of Clostridium difficile from food animals in Slovenia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 790-792

  Pirs, Tina ^a   Ocepek, Matjaz ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE FARMING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SLOVENIA; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; SLOVENIA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 45249086113     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47669-0     Document Type: Article

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