Lethal toxin of Clostridium sordellii is associated with fatal equine atypical myopathy

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 487-492

  Unger Torroledo, Lucia ^a   Straub, Reto ^a   Lehmann, Andrea D ^a   Graber, Franziska ^a   Stahl, Christina ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a   Gerber, Vinzenz ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^a   Baum, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Clostridium sordellii; Equine atypical myopathy; Lethal toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; EQUINE ATYPICAL MYOPATHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; SERUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; EQUIDAE; MUS;

EID: 77955562393     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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