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Silva,Rodrigo Otávio Silveira; Salvarani,Felipe Masiero; Cruz Júnior,Eduardo Coulaud da Costa; Pires,Prhiscylla Sadanã; Santos,Renata Lara Resende; Assis,Ronnie Antunes de; Guedes,Roberto Maurício de Carvalho; Lobato,Francisco Carlos Faria. |
Clostridium difficile has emerged as a major cause of neonatal colitis in piglets, displacing classic bacterial pathogens. However, there is no information regarding the distribution of this microorganism in pig farms in Brazil. In the present study, the presence of toxins A/B and of C. difficile strains in stool samples from 60 diarrheic or non-diarrheic newborn piglets (one to seven days old), from 15 different farms, was studied. The presence of toxins A/B was detected by ELISA and PCR was used to identify toxin A, toxin B and binary toxin gene in each isolated strain. C. difficile A/B toxins were detected in ten samples (16.7%). Of these, seven were from diarrheic and three were from non-diarrheic piglets. C. difficile was recovered from 12 out of 60... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Neonatal diarrhea; Clostridium difficile; Enteritis; Colitis. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000800021 |
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