Clostridium difficile from food and surface samples in a Belgian nursing home: an unlikely source of contamination

C Rodriguez; N Korsak; B Taminiau; V Avesani; J Van Broeck; P Brach; M Delmée; G Daube

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.001

Clostridium difficile from food and surface samples in a Belgian nursing home: an unlikely source of contamination

Anaerobe. 2015 Apr:32:87-89. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 5.

Authors

C Rodriguez¹, N Korsak², B Taminiau², V Avesani³, J Van Broeck³, P Brach⁴, M Delmée³, G Daube²

Affiliations

¹ Food Science Department, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: c.rodriguez@ulg.ac.be.
² Food Science Department, FARAH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
³ Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Nursing Home Saint-Joséphine site de la Chaussé, ACIS, Theux, Belgium.

PMID: 25571851
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.001

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.

Keywords: Clostridium difficile; Food; Nursing-home; Surfaces.

MeSH terms

Belgium
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Environmental Microbiology*
Food Microbiology
Food*
Humans
Nursing Homes*