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Characterization of Clostridium difficile isolates from human fecal samples and retail meat from Pennsylvania.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Oct 2014
Varshney Jyotika B, Very Katherine J, Williams Jen L, Hegarty John P, Stewart David B, Lumadue Jeanne, Venkitanarayanan Kumar, Jayarao Bhushan M
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A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Clostridium difficile and characterize C. difficile isolates from human stool and retail grocery meat samples. Human stool samples (n=317) were obtained from a clinical laboratory and meat samples (n=303) were collected from 8 retail grocery stores from October 2011 through September 2012 from Centre County of Pennsylvania and were examined for C. difficile. C....
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