Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007

Songer, J. Glenn; Trinh, Hien T.; Killgore, George E.; Thompson, Angela D.; McDonald, L. Clifford; Limbago, Brandi M.

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Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007

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May 2009
By Songer, J. Glenn ; Trinh, Hien T. ; Killgore, George E. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Songer, J. Glenn ; Trinh, Hien T. ; Killgore, George E. ; Thompson, Angela D. ; McDonald, L. Clifford ; Limbago, Brandi M.
Description:

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.
Subjects:

Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents Cattle Clostridium Difficile Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Food Contamination Meat Products Microbial Sensitivity Tests Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotyping Swine Turkeys
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):819-821.
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Arizona
Volume:

15
Issue:

5
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:038061c1bfe15d43302b0736683645bf67ee11ecf6b448a84f3c317c84e02960
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