International Clostridium difficile animal strain collection and large diversity of animal associated strains

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Janezic, Sandra ^a   Zidaric, Valerija ^a   Pardon, Bart ^b   Indra, Alexander ^c   Kokotovic, Branko ^d   Blanco, Jose Luis ^e   Seyboldt, Christian ^f   Diaz, Cristina Rodriguez ^g   Poxton, Ian R ^h   Perreten, Vincent ⁱ   Drigo, Ilenia ^j   Jiraskova, Alena ^k   Ocepek, Matjaz ^l   Weese, J Scott ^m   Songer, J Glenn ⁿ   Wilcox, Mark H ^o   Rupnik, Maja ^a,p,q  

^a National Laboratory for Health Environment and Food   (Slovenia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j IZSVe   (Italy)

^k CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^o LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^q Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

Animals; Clostridium difficile; Geographic distribution; Ribotyping; Strain collection

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOVECIN; COLISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; RIBOTYPING; SWINE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODIVERSITY; BOVINAE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING; SWINE;

EID: 84902899123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-173     Document Type: Article

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