Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007

Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007

To determine the presence of Clostridium difficile, we sampled cooked and uncooked meat products sold in Tucson, Arizona. Forty-two percent contained toxigenic C. difficile strains (either ribotype 078/toxinotype V [73%] or 027/toxinotype III [NAP1 or NAP1-related; 27%]). These findings indicate tha...

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Main Authors: J. Glenn Songer, Hien T. Trinh, George E. Killgore, Angela D. Thompson, L. Clifford McDonald, Brandi M. Limbago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile and associated disease
enteric diseases
retail meats
food animals
dispatch
USA
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/5/08-1071_article
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Summary:To determine the presence of Clostridium difficile, we sampled cooked and uncooked meat products sold in Tucson, Arizona. Forty-two percent contained toxigenic C. difficile strains (either ribotype 078/toxinotype V [73%] or 027/toxinotype III [NAP1 or NAP1-related; 27%]). These findings indicate that food products may play a role in interspecies C. difficile transmission.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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