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Occurrence of Clostridium difficile in seasoned hamburgers and seven processing plants in Iran.
BMC microbiology - 25 Nov 2014
Esfandiari Zahra, Weese Scott, Ezzatpanah Hamid, Jalali Mohammad, Chamani Mohammad
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BACKGROUND: The recent increment of the incidence of Community Associated Clostridium difficile Infection (CA)-CDI has led to speculation that this disease is associated to foodborne transmission. Therefore it is critical to establish the community sources of CDI in order to implement the appropriate interventions. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of C. difficile in seasoned hamburger...
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