First confirmed case of clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in foals in Brazil;Primeiro relato de diarreia associada à clostridium difficile em potros no Brasil

Ciencia Rural

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-500

  Silva, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira ^a   Moreira, Felipe Moraghi ^a   Rezende, Jackeline Viana ^a   Pires, Prhiscylla Sadanã ^a   Renata de Pino Albuquerque, Maranhão ^a   Palhares, Maristela Silveira ^a   Lobato, Francisco Carlos Faria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colitis; Equine; Nosocomial diarrhea

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 84860354249     PISSN: 01038478     EISSN: 16784596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-84782012000300018     Document Type: Article

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