Clostridium difficile in poultry and poultry meat

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1321-1323

  Harvey, Roger B ^a   Norman, Keri N ^b   Andrews, Kathleen ^a   Hume, Michael E ^a   Scanlan, Charles M ^c   Callaway, Todd R ^a   Anderson, Robin C ^a   Nisbet, David J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TEXAS;

EID: 82455210990     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.0936     Document Type: Article

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