Isolation and characterization of Clostridium difficile from pet dogs in Assam, India

Anaerobe

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-13

  Hussain, Isfaqul ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Borah, P ^a,b   Rajkhowa, S ^c   Hussain, Iftikar ^b   Barkalita, L M ^b   Hasin, D ^d   Choudhury, M ^b   Rupnik, M ^e,f,g   Deka, N K ^b   Saikia, G K ^a  

^a ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b State Biotech Hub CVSc AAU   (India)

^c National Research Centre on Pig (ICAR)   (India)

^d Department of Veterinary Physiology CVSc AAU ^*  (India)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^g Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Animals; Clostridium difficile; Dog; PFGE; Ribotyping; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GLUD GENE; HELA CELL LINE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TPI GENE; VERO CELL LINE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; PETS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84942514450     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.09.006     Document Type: Article

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