Studies on the epidemiology of colitis due to Clostridium difficile in hamsters.
Studies on the epidemiology of colitis due to Clostridium difficile in hamsters.
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仓鼠艰难梭菌结肠炎的流行病学研究。
DOI:
10.1093/infdis/143.1.51
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发表时间:
1981
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Kim,KH
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作者:
Toshniwal,R;SilvaJr,J;Fekety,R;Kim,KH
Hamsters treated with vancomycin developed enterocolitis significantly more often in a conventional animal room than in a room designed to prevent cross-infection withClostridium difficile. In the conventional roomC. difficilewas isolated from cages, food racks, floors, buckets, the hands of caretakers, and the stools of animals with enterocolitis but not from untreated hamsters, air, or food from freshly opened bags.C. difficilewas not isolated from environmental sources in the clean room. It was not possible to determine which of the sources of the organism was most important in its spread. Cross-infection withC. difficilemay be important in the pathogenesis of antibiotic-associated enterocolitis in hamster colonies.