Clostridium difficile infection in humans and piglets: A 'one health' opportunity

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 365, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-314

  Squire, Michele M ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE FLORA; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84892709254     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82-2012-237     Document Type: Article

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