Molecular epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile obtained from fecal samples of wild animals in Brazil

ABSTRACT: Clostridioides difficile is a strictly anaerobic, spore-forming Gram-positive bacterium associated with diarrhea, known as C. difficile infection (CDI). In domestic animals, C. difficile is considered an important pathogen mostly in pigs and horses, but there are also reports in other dome...

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Main Authors: Maiara C. Lima, Roberta M. Basso, Fabrício M. Cerri, Heloísa C. Lima, Sheila C. Rahal, Isabela P. Zanon, Gabriela M. Carvalho, Rodrigo Otávio S. Silva, Luis G. Arroyo, José P. Oliveira-Filho, Alexandre S. Borges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA) 2024-02-01
Series:Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2024000100903&lng=en&tlng=en