Isolation of a toxigenic and clinical genotype of clostridium difficile in retail meats in Costa Rica

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 348-351

  Quesada Gómez, Carlos ^a   Mulvey, Michael R ^b   Vargas, Pablo ^a   Del Mar Gamboa Coronado, María ^a   Rodríguez, César ^a   Rodríguez Cavillini, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COSTA RICA; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; RIBOTYPING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COSTA RICA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; RIBOTYPING;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84874205863     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-169     Document Type: Article

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