Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2022 Apr:74:102512.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102512. Epub 2022 Jan 3.

Contamination of home-grown and retail vegetables with Clostridioidesdifficile

Anissa D Scholtzek  1 , Janine Heise  1 , Pascal Witt  1 , Anna Maria Hanuschik  1 , Sven Maurischat  2
Affiliations

Contamination of home-grown and retail vegetables with Clostridioidesdifficile

Anissa D Scholtzek et al. Anaerobe. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

The opportunistic intestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile is the number one cause of nosocomial diarrhea in humans. In this study, C. difficile was isolated from 26.7% of potatoes and 1.9% of salads from German retail. The majority of strains possessed toxinogenic PCR-ribotypes that are associated with human clinical cases pointing towards a potential risk to human health.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; C. difficile; Food safety; Potatoes; Ready-to-eat salads.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

LinkOut - more resources