Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retailed meat in the Netherlands.
Int J Food Microbiol
; 144(3): 561-4, 2011 Jan 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21131085
ABSTRACT
Recent reports indicate that a large proportion of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infections (CA-CDI) are not linked to recent antibiotic therapy, older age, significant comorbidity or previous hospitalization. Possible community sources for CA-CDI include animals and food, and therefore a surveillance study on the prevalence of C. difficile in meat was performed. Samples of different meat species were collected from the retail trade and analyzed for the presence of C. difficile using a method that included selective enrichment in C. difficile broth, subsequent alcohol shock-treatment and plating onto C. difficile selective medium. C. difficile isolates were tested for the presence of toxin genes and were typed using PCR ribotyping. Of 500 samples tested, 8 (1.6%) were positive for the presence of C. difficile 1 from lamb (6.3%) and 7 from chicken meat (2.7%). The isolated strains belonged to PCR ribotypes different from those that are currently most frequently found in patients with CDI in the Netherlands, except for C. difficile PCR ribotype 001 which was found in one chicken meat sample. This observation suggests that other matrices than meat may serve as a source for CA-CDI.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Clostridioides difficile
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Food Microbiology
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Meat
Type of study:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Food Microbiol
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Netherlands