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.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Arizona
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Cattle / microbiology*
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Clostridioides difficile / classification
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Clostridioides difficile / drug effects
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Clostridioides difficile / genetics
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Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Food Contamination*
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Meat Products / microbiology*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Ribotyping
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Swine / microbiology
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Turkeys / microbiology