Clostridium difficile in piglets in the Czech Republic

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Goldová, Jana - Malinová, A. - Indra, A. - Vítek, L. - Branny, Pavel - Jirásková, Alena
Clostridium difficile in piglets in the Czech Republic.
Folia Microbiologica. Roč. 57, č. 2 (2012), s. 159-161. ISSN 0015-5632. E-ISSN 1874-9356
Grant CEP: GA AV ČR KJB500200901
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Klíčová slova: clostridium * piglets
Kód oboru RIV: EE - Mikrobiologie, virologie
Impakt faktor: 0.791, rok: 2012

Anaerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium Clostridium difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen and the most frequently diagnosed cause of a hospitalacquired diarrhoea following antibiotic treatment. C. difficile-associated disease is of gaining importance now due to its increasing incidence involving a more severe course and higher mortality (Kuijper et al. 2006). C. difficile is also an emerging animal pathogen, which has been recognised as a major cause of enteritis in piglets (Songer and Anderson 2006). The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the presence of C. difficile in piglet faeces in a single piglet farm and to determine toxinotypes and ribotypes of isolated strains
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0220528