Carriage of Clostridium difficile in free-living South American coati (Nasua nasua) in Brazil.
Anaerobe
; 30: 99-101, 2014 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize Clostridium difficile strains in stool samples from a wild urban mammal, a South American coati (Nasua nasua) in Brazil. Forty-six free-living N. nasua were trapped, and stool samples were collected. C. difficile was isolated from three (6.5%) sampled animals, two strains were toxigenic (A+B+CDT-, PCR ribotype 014/020 and 106) and one was non toxigenic (A-B-CDT-, PCR ribotype 053). The present work confirms that ring-tailed coati (N. nasua) could harbor C. difficile strains, including those PCR ribotypes commonly reported in C. difficile infection in humans.
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Asunto principal:
Portador Sano
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Clostridioides difficile
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Infecciones por Clostridium
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Procyonidae
Límite:
Animals
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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En
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2014
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