Detection of toxins A/B and isolation of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens from dogs in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Detection of toxins A/B and isolation of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens from dogs in Minas Gerais, Brazil

The objective of this study was to detect C. difficileA/B toxins and to isolate strains of C. perfringensand C. difficile from diarrheic and non-diarrheic dogs in Brazil. Stool samples were collected from 57 dogs, 35 of which were apparently healthy, and 22 of which were diarrheic. C. difficileA/B t...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Renata Lara Resende Santos, Prhiscylla Sadanã Pires, Luiz Carlos Pereira, Silvia Trindade Pereira, Marina Carvalho Duarte, Ronnie Antunes de Assis, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2013-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
nosocomial diarrhea
small animals
colitis
enteritis
canine
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