Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007

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

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-05-01

Deskripsi

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.