title: Clostridium difficile from food and surface samples in a Belgian nursing home: an unlikely source of contamination.
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.
authors.affiliation: Food Science Department, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: c.rodriguez@ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Food Science Department, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Korsak
authors.affiliation: Food Science Department, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taminiau
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Avesani
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Broeck
authors.affiliation: Nursing Home Saint-Joséphine site de la Chaussé, ACIS, Theux, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brach
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delmée
authors.affiliation: Food Science Department, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daube
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005502:Food; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes
keywords: Clostridium difficile; Food; Nursing-home; Surfaces