Abstract
Intestinal colonization with toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile was documented in 9 of 10 horses with acute onset diarrhea in a veterinary medical teaching hospital, whereas a similar isolate was detected in only 1 of 23 other horses without diarrhea in the hospital. One horse with diarrhea was infected simultaneously with both C. difficile and Salmonella krefeld. Clostridium difficile was detected by fecal culture on selective medium, confirmed with a latex particle agglutination test, and identified as toxigenic by polymerase chain reaction amplification of toxin A and toxin B gene sequences. Using an arbitrarily-primed polymerase chain reaction, 6 distinct C. difficile isolates were detected in the feces of the 9 affected horses at the time of the outbreak of diarrhea.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 343-346 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jul 1995 |
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Apparent outbreaks of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in horses in a veterinary medical teaching hospital. / Madewell, B. R.; Tang, Y. J.; Madigan, John E; Madigan, J. E.; Hirsh, D. C.; Gumerlock, P. H.; Silva, J.
In: Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, Vol. 7, No. 3, 07.1995, p. 343-346.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Madewell, B. R.
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AU - Madigan, J. E.
AU - Hirsh, D. C.
AU - Gumerlock, P. H.
AU - Silva, J.
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AB - Intestinal colonization with toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile was documented in 9 of 10 horses with acute onset diarrhea in a veterinary medical teaching hospital, whereas a similar isolate was detected in only 1 of 23 other horses without diarrhea in the hospital. One horse with diarrhea was infected simultaneously with both C. difficile and Salmonella krefeld. Clostridium difficile was detected by fecal culture on selective medium, confirmed with a latex particle agglutination test, and identified as toxigenic by polymerase chain reaction amplification of toxin A and toxin B gene sequences. Using an arbitrarily-primed polymerase chain reaction, 6 distinct C. difficile isolates were detected in the feces of the 9 affected horses at the time of the outbreak of diarrhea.
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