Nationwide surveillance study of Clostridium difficile in Australian neonatal pigs shows high prevalence and heterogeneity of PCR ribotypes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-123

  Knight, Daniel R ^a   Squire, Michele M ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

AUSTRALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTERIC PATHOGENS; PCR-RIBOTYPING; TOXIGENIC; TOXIN GENES;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NEONATE; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXICITY;

AUSTRALIA;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84917694526     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03032-14     Document Type: Article

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