Clostridium difficile infection in humans and animals, differences and similarities

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 205-217

  Keessen, E C ^a   Gaastra, W ^b   Lipman, L J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Clostridium difficile; Diagnosis; Pathogenesis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; METRONIDAZOLE; TOXIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANOREXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DOG; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; HAMSTER; HORSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALAISE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

EID: 80053132801     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.020     Document Type: Review

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