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Short communication: Contamination of home-grown and retail vegetables with Clostridioides difficile

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German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department 4 Biological Safety, Unit 44 Microbial Toxins, Berlin, Germany
Scholtzek, Anissa D.;
Affiliation
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department 4 Biological Safety, Unit 42 Food Hygiene and Food Virology, Berlin, Germany
Heise, Janine;
Affiliation
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department 4 Biological Safety, Unit 44 Microbial Toxins, Berlin, Germany
Witt, Pascal;
Affiliation
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Biological Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, Berlin, Germany
Hanuschik, Anna Maria;
Affiliation
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department 4 Biological Safety, Unit 44 Microbial Toxins, Berlin, Germany
Maurischat, Sven

The opportunistic intestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile is the number one cause of nosocomial diarrhea in humans. In this study, C. difficile was isolated from 26.7% of potatoes and 1.9% of salads from German retail. The majority of strains possessed toxinogenic PCR-ribotypes that are associated with human clinical cases pointing towards a potential risk to human health.

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Published in:
Anaerobe
Date Issued:
2022
Date Issued (online):
03.01.2022
DOI:
10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102512
Other identifier (pubmed):
34990815
Scopus ID:
85123072092
Language:
English
Type of Resource:
Text
Keywords:
Antimicrobial resistance; C. difficile; Food safety; Potatoes; Ready-to-eat salads
DDC subject of DNB:
610 Medical sciences, Medicine, Nutrition
Institution:
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (July 2014 - 2021), Department 4 Biological Safety, Unit 42 Food Hygiene and Food Virology
Institution:
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (July 2014 - 2021), Department 4 Biological Safety, Unit 44 Microbial Toxins

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