Postoperative Clostridium difficile infection with PCR ribotype 078 strain identified at necropsy in five Thoroughbred racehorses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 173, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 607-

  Niwa, H ^a   Kato, H ^b   Hobo, S ^c   Kinoshita, Y ^a   Ueno, T ^a   Katayama, Y ^a   Hariu, K ^a   Oku, K ^a   Senoh, M ^b   Kuroda, T ^c   Nakai, K ^c  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Japan Racing Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RIBOTYPING; SPORT;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RIBOTYPING; SPORTS;

EID: 84890943359     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101960     Document Type: Article

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