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Distribution and characterization of Clostridium difficile isolated from dogs in Japan
Masaru Usui1, Kaname Suzuki1, Kentaro Oka2
1Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.
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|October 13, 2015
Abstract:
We collected 204 nondiarrhoeic canine fecal samples and isolated 68 Clostridium difficile strains from 62 of these samples. Strains were grouped into 29 PCR ribotypes. Only 47% of the strains were toxigenic.

