ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2016
Clostridium difficile in Food and Animals: A Comprehensive Review.
Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global prevalence of Clostridioides difficile in 17,148 food samples from 2009 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Clostridioides difficile as a Zoonotic and Foodborne Pathogen: Reviewing the Global Evidence and South African Data.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Review
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- Community-AcquiredInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role ofMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- An Investigation into the Prevalence ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genomic analysis of a novel ST11(PR34365)Open life sciences · 2025Article
- Genomic epidemiology ofEmerging microbes & infections · 2024Article
- Whole-genome sequencing of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile reveals multidrug resistance and virulence genes in strains of environmental and animal origin.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
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- The common marmoset in biomedical research: experimental disease models and veterinary management.Experimental animals · 2023Review
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- The Environment, Farm Animals and Foods as Sources ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Aerosolization behavior of antimicrobial resistance in animal farms: a field study from feces to fine particulate matter.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Make It LessGenes · 2022Review
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- Dogs as carriers of virulent and resistant genotypes of Clostridioides difficile.Zoonoses and public health · 2022Article
- Genetic and phenotypic characteristics of Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile from canine, bovine, and pediatric populations.Anaerobe · 2022Article
- Clostridioides difficile infection and One Health: an equine perspective.Environmental microbiology · 2022Review
- High contamination rates of shoes of veterinarians, veterinary support staff and veterinary students with Clostridioides difficile spores.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Zoonoses are infections or diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans through direct contact, close proximity or the environment. Clostridium difficile is ubiquitous in the environment, and the bacterium is able to colonise the intestinal tract of both animals and humans. Since domestic and food animals frequently test positive for toxigenic C. difficile, even without showing any signs of disease, it seems plausible that C. difficile could be zoonotic. Therefore, animals could play an essential role as carriers of the bacterium. In addition, the presence of the spores in different meats, fish, fruits and vegetables suggests a risk of foodborne transmission. This review summarises the current available data on C. difficile in animals and foods, from when the bacterium was first described up to the present.
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