Clostridium difficile genotypes in piglet populations in germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3796-3803

  Schneeberg, Alexander ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^a   Schmoock, Gernot ^a   Baier, Sylvia ^b   Harlizius, Jürgen ^c   Nienhoff, Hendrik ^b   Brase, Katja ^b   Zimmermann, Stefan ^d   Seyboldt, Christian ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen   (Germany)

^c Animal Health Services   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECTAL SWAB; RIBOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RECTUM; RIBOTYPING; SWINE;

EID: 84886525730     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01440-13     Document Type: Article

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