Carriage of Clostridium difficile in free-living South American coati (Nasua nasua) in Brazil

Anaerobe

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-101

  Silva, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira ^a   de Almeida, Lara Ribeiro ^a   Junior, Carlos Augusto Oliveira ^a   de Magalhães Soares, Danielle Ferreira ^a   Pereira, Pedro Lúcio Lithg ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b,c,d   Lobato, Francisco Carlos Faria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

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

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

Author keywords

Carnivora; Procyonidae; Urban mammals; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; COATI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; NASUA NASUA; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCYONIDAE; RIBOTYPING; VETERINARY;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PROCYONIDAE; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 84907512662     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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