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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1983-3-11
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pubmed:abstractText |
The purpose of this study was to assess the carriage of Clostridium difficile by household pets to determine their potential as a reservoir of infection. The selective cycloserine-cefoxitin medium was used for C difficile isolation, and tissue culture used for detection of cytotoxin. Carriage of C difficile by household pets was found to be common (23%). The carriage tends to be transient and does not appear to be associated with gastrointestinal disease. Although carriage was higher in animals who had antecedent antibiotic treatment (31%) compared to those which had not (19%), the differences were not statistically significant. In most cases non-cytotoxigenic strains were isolated. Of the cytotoxigenic strains isolated at least one strain was pathogenic in a well documented animal model of human disease. Both cytotoxigenic and non-cytotoxigenic strains of C difficile could be isolated from the environment of the animals studied.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0021-9746
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
36
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
84-7
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-18
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Animals, Domestic,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Carrier State,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Cats,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Clostridium,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Clostridium Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Cytotoxins,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Disease Reservoirs,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Dogs,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Feces,
pubmed-meshheading:6822681-Poultry
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pubmed:year |
1983
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Household pets as a potential reservoir for Clostridium difficile infection.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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