Pathogenicity of Clostridium difficile in humans and animals in the assessment of eventual connections;Chorobotwórczość Clostridium difficile u człowieka i zwierza̧t w ocenie ewentualnych wzajemnych powiaza̧ń

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Truszczynski, Marian ^a   Pejsak, Zygmunt ^a  

^a Zaktad Chorob Swin Panstwowego Lnstytutu Weterynaryjnego   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhea; Clostridium difficile; Similarities and differences between humans and animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84865493257     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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