Clostridium difficile in horses in australia - a preliminary study

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1188-1192

  Thean, Sara ^a   Elliott, Briony ^b   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; TOXIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOAL; HORSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 79960419351     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.030908-0     Document Type: Article

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