Investigation of potentially pathogenic Clostridium difficile contamination in household environs

Anaerobe

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-33

  Alam, M Jahangir ^a   Anu, Ananna ^a   Walk, Seth T ^b   Garey, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic infections; Community households; Environmental study; Epidemiology; Spores

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATH; BUILDING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HOUSEHOLD; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY SIZE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RIBOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897444747     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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