| fatal enterocolitis in asian elephants (elephas maximus) caused by clostridium difficile. | two cases of fatal enteritis caused by clostridium difficile in captive asian elephants are reported from an outbreak affecting five females in the same zoo. post mortem examination including histopathology demonstrated fibrinonecrotic enterocolitis. c. difficile was isolated by selective cultivation from two dead and a third severely affected elephant. four isolates were obtained and found positive for toxin a and b by pcr. all isolates were positive in a toxigenic culture assay and toxin was d ... | 2006 | 16737787 |