The duration of antibiotic treatment is associated with carriage of toxigenic and atoxigenic strains of Clostridioides difficile in dogs.
C. Albuquerque, D. Pagnossin, K. Landsgaard, J. Simpson, D. Brown, J. Irvine, D. Candlish, A. Ridyard, G. Douce, C. Millins
This study investigates C. difficile carriage in dogs, finding that antibiotic use increases carriage, including toxigenic strains linked to human disease, but not necessarily causing diarrhoea in dogs.
bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2021Microbiology