Clostridium difficile from food and surface samples in a Belgian nursing home: An unlikely source of contamination. (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodriguez, C.; Korsak, N.; Taminiau, B.; Avesani, V.; Van Broeck, J.; Brach, P.; Delmée, M.; Daube, G.
• Is Part Of: Anaerobe. Volume 32(2015)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 89
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Clostridium difficile -- Food -- Surfaces -- Nursing-home; Anaerobic infections -- Periodicals; Anaerobic bacteria -- Periodicals; Bacterial diseases -- Periodicals; Computer network resources; Anaerobic protozoa -- Periodicals; 579.3
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1075-9964

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigates the contamination of foods and surfaces with Clostridium difficile in a single nursing home. C. difficile PCR-ribotype 078 was found in one food sample and in none of the tested surfaces. These results indicate that food and surfaces are an unlikely source of C. difficile infection in this setting.