Genome analysis of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 014 lineage in australian pigs and humans reveals a diverse genetic repertoire and signatures of long-range interspecies transmission

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Knight, Daniel R ^a   Squire, Michele M ^a   Collins, Deirdre A ^a,b   Riley, Thomas V ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; CDI; One Health; Pan genome; Phylogenomics; Porcine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIDAXOMICIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAXIMIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85012008991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02138     Document Type: Article

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