Clostridium difficile diarrhea: Infection control in horses

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 615-630

  Båverud, Viveca ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HORSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFECTION CONTROL;

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

EID: 7444257543     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2004.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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