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:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria Bacterial Proteins Bacterial Toxins Clostridium Difficile Dispatch Drug Resistance, Bacterial Enteric Infections Enterotoxins Environmental Sources Epidemiology Foodborne Food Contamination Lettuce Microbial Sensitivity Tests Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotyping Salad Scotland Spinacia Oleracea Spores, Bacterial

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):817-818.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:65aecd0089122d7a9c7ba9583aa3217ef3e075e6de9762e1c0c4bb65c2fd30a4
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17730/cdc_17730_DS1.pdf
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