Detection of Clostridium difficile in animals: Comparison of real-time PCR assays with the culture method

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1119-1125

  Avbersek, Jana ^a   Cotman, Marko ^a   Ocepek, Matjaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE D; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CLOSTRIDIUM SPIROFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 79960417610     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.030304-0     Document Type: Article

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