Is the prevalence of Clostridium difficile in animals underestimated?

Reported prevalence rates of Clostridium difficile infection in animals differ considerably depending on the nature of the study and the population surveyed. The methods used to recover this organism from faecal samples may account for some of the prevalence variation. The objective of this study wa...

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Published in:The veterinary journal (1997) 2013-09, Vol.197 (3), p.694-698
Main Authors: Blanco, José L., Álvarez-Pérez, Sergio, García, Marta E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bacteriological culture
Bacteriological Techniques - veterinary
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections - epidemiology
Clostridium Infections - microbiology
Clostridium Infections - veterinary
Enrichment
ethanol
feces
Feces - microbiology
pathogens
piglets
Prevalence
Recovery rate
selective media
Swine
Swine Diseases - epidemiology
Swine Diseases - microbiology
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Summary:Reported prevalence rates of Clostridium difficile infection in animals differ considerably depending on the nature of the study and the population surveyed. The methods used to recover this organism from faecal samples may account for some of the prevalence variation. The objective of this study was to assess the performance of two different methods of detecting C. difficile in animal faeces in comparison with a conventional isolation procedure (‘ethanol shock’ of faecal samples followed by culture on a single plate of solid selective medium). Samples were obtained from two populations of pigs where the expected prevalence rate of C. difficile infection was anticipated to differ, namely, ‘high prevalence’ (
ISSN:1090-0233
1532-2971
DOI:10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.03.053