Multilocus sequence typing analysis and antibiotic resistance of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from retail meat and humans inBelgium

Food Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-171

  Rodriguez, C ^a   Taminiau, B ^a   Avesani, V ^b   Van Broeck, J ^b   Delmee M ^b   Daube, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Multilocus sequence typing analysis; Retail meat

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BELGIUM; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYLOGENY; PIG;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SWINE;

EID: 84898809532     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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