Isolation and characterization of clostridium difficile associated with beef cattle and commercially produced ground beef

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 256-264

  Kalchayanand, Norasak ^a   Arthur, Terrance M ^a   Bosilevac, Joseph M ^a   Brichta Harhay, Dayna M ^a   Shackelford, Steven D ^a   Wells, James E ^a   Wheeler, Tommy L ^a   Koohmaraie, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84874052130     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-261     Document Type: Article

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