Longitudinal study of Clostridium difficile and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli in healthy horses in a community setting

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 364-370

  Schoster, A ^a   Staempfli, H R ^a   Arroyo, L G ^a   Reid Smith, R J ^b   Janecko, N ^b   Shewen, P E ^a   Weese, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; E. coli; Longitudinal data; Ribotyping of C. difficile; Susceptibility profiles of E. coli; Toxinoprofiling of C. difficile

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMMUNITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HORSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84865656612     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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