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

作者：Squire Michele M; Carter Glen P; Mackin Kate E; Chakravorty Anjana; Noren Torbjoern; Elliott Briony; Lyras Dena; Riley Thomas V^*

来源：Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19(5): 790-792.

DOI：10.3201/eid1905.121062

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.

• 出版日期2013-5