Clostridium difficile in Retail Ground Meat, Canada
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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 toxinotype III strains further studies are required.
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دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007