Prevalence and distribution of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes in cats and dogs from animal shelters in Thuringia, Germany

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 484-488

  Schneeberg, Alexander ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b,c,d   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Seyboldt, Christian ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d Center of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Capillary gel electrophoresis; Cat; Clostridium difficile; Dog; Shelter; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GERMANY; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FELIDAE;

EID: 84867328569     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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