Clostridium difficile in Retail Ground Meat, Canada
Clostridium difficile was isolated from 12 (20%) of 60 retail ground meat samples purchased over a 10-month period in 2005 in Canada. Eleven isolates were toxigenic, and 8 (67%) were classified as toxinotype III. The human health implications of this finding are unclear, but with the virulence of to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007-03-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/3/06-0988_article |