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. 2009 May;15(5):819-21.
doi: 10.3201/eid1505.081071.

Clostridium difficile in retail meat products, USA, 2007

J Glenn Songer  1 , Hien T Trinh, George E Killgore, Angela D Thompson, L Clifford McDonald, Brandi M Limbago
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Clostridium difficile in retail meat products, USA, 2007

J Glenn Songer et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 May.

Abstract

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.

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Origin, NAP types, and relatedness of strains from foods and humans, Arizona, USA, 2007. All strains were positive by PCR for binary toxin. Scale bar indicates genetic relatedness. Tox, toxinotype; Ref, reference; NAP1-r, NAP1-related.
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