Characterization of clostridium difficile isolates from human fecal samples and retail meat from Pennsylvania

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 822-829

  Varshney, Jyotika B ^a   Very, Katherine J ^a   Williams, Jen L ^a   Hegarty, John P ^b   Stewart, David B ^b   Lumadue, Jeanne ^a   Venkitanarayanan, Kumar ^c   Jayarao, Bhushan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CDTA PROTEIN; CDTB PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; TCDA PROTEIN; TCDB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TCDC PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF; CHICKEN; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PORK; RIBOTYPING; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHENOTYPE; PIG;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEAT; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOTYPING; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84907527923     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1790     Document Type: Article

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