Contamination of Australian newborn calf carcasses at slaughter with Clostridium difficile

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 266.e1-266.e7

  Knight, D R ^a   Putsathit, P ^a   Elliott, B ^b   Riley, T V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; C. difficile infection; Calves; Clostridium difficile; Food; Meat toxigenic, zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CALF (BOVINE); CARCASS; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEAT; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84959472763     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.11.017     Document Type: Article

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