Global prevalence of Clostridioides difficile in 17,148 food samples from 2009 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Soroush Borji (Author), Sepide Kadivarian (Author), Shirin Dashtbin (Author), Sara Kooti (Author), Ramin Abiri (Author), Hamid Motamedi (Author), Jale Moradi (Author), Mosayeb Rostamian (Author), Amirhooshang Alvandi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is an important infectious pathogen, which causes mild-to-severe gastrointestinal infections by creating resistant spores and producing toxins. Spores contaminated foods might be one of the most significant transmission ways of C. difficile-...