Occurrence of Clostridium difficile in two types of wastewater treatment plants

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 663-665

  Nikaeen, Mahnaz ^a   Aghili Dehnavi, Hajar ^a   Hssanzadeh, Akbar ^a   Jalali, Mohammad ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community acquired C. difficile; Conventional activated sludge; Polymerase chain reaction; TcdB; Waste stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FECES; HUMANS; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84946192038     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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