Genetic relatedness between Japanese and European isolates of Clostridium difficile originating from piglets and their risk associated with human health

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Usui, Masaru ^a   Nanbu, Yukie ^a   Oka, Kentaro ^b   Takahashi, Motomichi ^b,c   Inamatsu, Takashi ^d   Asai, Tetsuo ^e   Kamiya, Shigeru ^c   Tamura, Yutaka ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Clostridium difficile; MLVA; PCR ribotype 078; Piglets

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84949115128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00513     Document Type: Article

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