Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
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Canada
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Cattle
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Clostridioides difficile / classification
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Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
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Clostridioides difficile / metabolism
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Clostridium Infections / prevention & control
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Environmental Monitoring*
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Food Microbiology*
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Humans
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Meat Products / microbiology*
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Species Specificity