Transmission of clostridium difficile in foods

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 675-685

  Hoover, Dallas G ^a   Rodriguez Palacios, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Clostridium difficile; Foods; Pseudomembranous colitis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; ZOONOSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FOODS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MEAT; POULTRY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84883552215     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2013.05.004     Document Type: Review

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