International Clostridium difficile animal strain collection and large diversity of animal associated strains

Janežič, Sandra; Zidarič, Valerija; Pardon, Bart; Indra, Alexander; Kokotovic, Branko; L. Blanco, José; Seyboldt, Christian; Rodriguez Diaz, Cristina; R. Poxton, Ian; Perreten, Vincent; Drigo, Ilenia; Jirásková, Alena; Ocepek, M.; Scott Weese, J.; Glenn Songer, J.; H. Wilcox, Mark; Rupnik, Maja

doi:10.1186/1471-2180-14-173

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International Clostridium difficile animal strain collection and large diversity of animal associated strains

Published in BMC Microbiology • Jun 28, 2014

Authors:

Sandra Janežič

Valerija Zidarič

Bart Pardon

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is an important cause of intestinal infections in some animal species and animals might be a reservoir for community associated human infections. Here we describe a collection of animal associated C. difficile strains from 12 countries based on inclusion criteria of...

Subject

Biology

Clostridium difficile

Microbiology

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