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Clostridium difficile in Ready-to-Eat Salads, Scotland
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Clostridium difficile in Ready-to-Eat Salads, Scotland

Marwah M. Bakri, Derek J. Brown, John P. Butcher and Alistair D. Sutherland
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.15(5), pp.817-818
01/05/2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.081186
PMCID: PMC2687046
PMID: 19402979

Abstract

Immunology Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Of 40 ready-to-eat salads, 3 (7.5%) were positive for Clostridium difficile by PCR. Two isolates were PCR ribotype 017 (toxin A-, B+), and 1 was PCR ribotype 001. Isolates were susceptible to vancomycin and metronidazole but variably resistant to other antimicrobial drugs. Ready-to-eat salads may be potential sources for virulent C. difficile.
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