Low risk of transmission of Clostridium difficile to humans at petting farms

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 416-417

  Hopman, N E M ^a   Sanders, I M J G ^b   Kuijper, E J ^b   Lipman, L J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Petting farm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CALF (BOVINE); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COW; DONKEY; GOAT; HORSE; LAND USE; LETTER; NETHERLANDS; PETTING FARM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 79955965391     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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