Novel Molecular Type of Clostridium difficile in Neonatal Pigs, Western Australia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Squire, Michele M. ; Carter, Glen P. ; Mackin, Kate E. ; Chakravorty, Anjana ; Norén, Torbjörn ; Elliott, Briony ; Lyras, Dena ; Riley, Thomas V.
• Description:
  Clostridium difficile causes neonatal enteritis in piglets; strains of PCR ribotype 078 are most commonly identified. We investigated C. difficile prevalence in piglets in Australia and isolated a novel strain with a unique pathogenicity locus. In a mouse infection model, this strain produced more weight loss than did a ribotype 078 strain.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Newborn Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Proteins Bacterial Toxins Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57Bl Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence Ribotyping Survival Analysis Swine

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(5):790-792.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Western Australia ; Western Australia
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c80d4346e76dc71e37ceccb2790b1484e4cc4e02b3f1147acf3a37ab32487845
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18949/cdc_18949_DS1.pdf
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