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Area of Science:

  • Food Safety
  • Microbiology
  • Veterinary Medicine

Background:

  • Rising incidence of severe Clostridium difficile infections in North America linked to virulent strains.
  • Toxigenic C. difficile identified in food animals and retail meat, suggesting potential human transmission routes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the prevalence of toxigenic C. difficile in chickens and retail poultry meat in Texas.
  • To characterize the isolates and assess their antimicrobial susceptibility.

Main Methods:

  • Fecal samples from 300 broiler chickens and retail poultry meat were analyzed for C. difficile.
  • Three different cultivation procedures were employed for isolating C. difficile from poultry meat.
  • Isolates were characterized using toxinotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).

Main Results:

  • Seven C. difficile isolates (2.3%) were detected in chicken fecal samples.
  • Poultry meat isolation rates varied by cultivation procedure, with one detecting 12.5% (4/32).
  • Isolates were identified as toxinotype V, PFGE type NAP7 or NAP7-variant, with notable antimicrobial susceptibility patterns.

Conclusions:

  • Toxigenic C. difficile, specifically toxinotype V, is present in the Texas poultry supply.
  • Findings underscore the potential for foodborne transmission of C. difficile from poultry to humans.
  • Antimicrobial resistance profiles suggest differences compared to other reported isolates.