Clostridium difficile in goats and sheep in Slovenia: Characterisation of strains and evidence of age-related shedding

Anaerobe

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-167

  Avberšek, Jana ^a   Pirš, Tina ^a   Pate, Mateja ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b,c,d   Ocepek, Matjaž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Public Health Institute   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

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

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Faecal shedding; Goat; PCR ribotyping; PFGE; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL AGE RELATED SHEDDING; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GOAT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSOTYPING; RIBOTYPING; SHEEP; SLOVENIA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXINOTYPING; AGE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GOATS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SHEEP; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84903852388     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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