Prevalence and characterization of Clostridium difficile in beef and mutton meats of Isfahan Region, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Esfandiari, Zahra ^a   Jalali, Mohammad ^b   Ezzatpanah, Hamid ^a   Weese, J Scott ^c   Chamani, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Iran; Meat; PCR

Indexed keywords

LATAMOXEF; NORFLOXACIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF; CDTB GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SCREENING; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; IRAN; MUTTON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TPI GENE;

EID: 84906098653     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.16771     Document Type: Article

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