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Is Clostridium difficile-associated infection a potentially zoonotic and foodborne disease?
Authors:M. Rupnik
Affiliation:Institute of Public Health Maribor and University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine, Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract:
Clostridium difficile has received much attention in recent years because of the increased incidence and severity of nosocomial disease caused by this organism, but C. difficile-associated disease has also been reported in the community, and C. difficile is an emerging pathogen in animals. Early typing comparisons did not identify animals as an important source for human infection, but recent reports have shown a marked overlap between isolates from calves and humans, including two of the predominant outbreak types, 027 and 017. C. difficile has also been found in retail meat samples, suggesting that food could be involved in the transmission of C. difficile from animals to humans.
Keywords:Animals    Clostridium difficile    disease    foodborne disease    meat    typing
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