Prevalence and risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile shedding in veal calves in Italy

Anaerobe

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-47

  Magistrali, Chiara Francesca ^a   Maresca, Carmen ^a   Cucco, Lucilla ^a   Bano, Luca ^b   Drigo, Ilenia ^b   Filippini, Giovanni ^a   Dettori, Annalisa ^a   Broccatelli, Sayra ^a   Pezzotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Clostridiumdifficile; Diarrhea; Prevalence; Veal calf; Young age

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA LACTAM; COLISTIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN A; TOXIN B; TOXIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TPI GENE; VEAL; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEROTYPE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROGROUP;

EID: 84922362825     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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