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| Provedor de dados: |
Ciência Rural
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
First confirmed case of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in foals in Brazil
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| Autores: |
Silva,Rodrigo Otávio Silveira
Moreira,Felipe Moraghi
Rezende,Jackeline Viana
Pires,Prhiscylla Sadanã
Maranhão,Renata de Pino Albuquerque
Palhares,Maristela Silveira
Lobato,Francisco Carlos Faria
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| Data: |
2012-03-01
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Colitis
Equine
Nosocomial diarrhea
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| Resumo: |
Despite of the substantial role of Clostridium difficile in causing diarrhea and colitis in foals, there have been no confirmed diagnoses of disease caused by this bacteria in Brazil. In this paper, we describe confirmed cases of colitis caused by C. difficile in two foals in Brazil. Two five-month-old foals with a five-day history of diarrhea after antibiotic treatment for a respiratory disease were treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. C. difficile A/B toxins were detected, and toxigenic strains of C. difficile were isolated from the foals' feces. The treatment was based on fluid therapy and antibiotics (metronidazole and ceftiofur), and the animals experienced a gradual recovery. The association between the medical history, clinical signs, laboratory exam results and therapeutic success confirmed the diagnosis of C. difficile-associated diarrhea. The present report raises the possibility that C. difficile is also a pathogen in equines in Brazil and highlights the need for up to date routine laboratory protocols for the diagnosis of this disease.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782012000300018
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| Editor: |
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0103-84782012000300018
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Ciência Rural v.42 n.3 2012
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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