RRC ID 29258
著者 Asai T, Usui M, Hiki M, Kawanishi M, Nagai H, Sasaki Y.
タイトル Clostridium difficile isolated from the fecal contents of swine in Japan.
ジャーナル J Vet Med Sci
Abstract A total of 250 fecal content samples were collected from 25 farrow-to-finish pig farms and examined for the prevalence of Clostridium difficile by using ethanol treatment followed by plating onto selective media--cycloserine-cefoxitin-mannitol agar--for the isolation of Clostridium difficile. Two specimens (0.8%, 95% confidential interval: 0-2.9%) were positive for C. difficile. One isolate was only positive for toxin B, and the other isolate was negative for both toxins A and B. Thus, prevalence of Clostridium difficile was found to be low among finishing pigs in Japan.
巻・号 75(4)
ページ 539-41
公開日 2013-5-2
DOI 10.1292/jvms.12-0353
PII DN/JST.JSTAGE/jvms/12-0353
PMID 23171688
MeSH Animals Bacterial Proteins / chemistry Bacterial Proteins / genetics Bacterial Toxins / chemistry Bacterial Toxins / genetics Clostridioides difficile / genetics Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification* DNA, Bacterial / chemistry DNA, Bacterial / genetics Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / veterinary* Enterotoxins / chemistry Enterotoxins / genetics Feces / microbiology Female Japan / epidemiology Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary Prevalence Swine Swine Diseases / epidemiology Swine Diseases / microbiology*
IF 1.049
引用数 10
WOS 分野 VETERINARY SCIENCES
リソース情報
一般微生物 JCM 1296