Clostridium difficile in Ready-to-Eat Salads, Scotland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bakri, Marwah M. ; Brown, Derek J. ; Butcher, John P. ; Sutherland, Alistair D.
• Description:
  Of 40 ready-to-eat salads, 3 (7.5%) were positive for Clostridium difficile by PCR. Two isolates were PCR ribotype 017 (toxin A-, B+), and 1 was PCR ribotype 001. Isolates were susceptible to vancomycin and metronidazole but variably resistant to other antimicrobial drugs. Ready-to-eat salads may be potential sources for virulent C. difficile.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Enteric infections
  • bacteria
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • Clostridium difficile
  • epidemiology
  • salad
  • environmental sources
  • foodborne
  • Scotland
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):817-818.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17730/cdc_17730_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 149.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:65aecd0089122d7a9c7ba9583aa3217ef3e075e6de9762e1c0c4bb65c2fd30a4