Prevalence of clostridium difficile in uncooked ground meat products from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4183-4186

  Curry, Scott R ^a   Marsh, Jane W ^a   Schlackman, Jessica L ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MEAT SAMPLES; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; PROCESSING FACILITIES;

CLOSTRIDIUM; FOOD SUPPLY;

MEATS;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SUPPLY; INFECTIVITY; MEAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MEAT PRODUCTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84864094512     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00842-12     Document Type: Article

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