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US and Canadian scientists are studying whether people can become infected by the bacterium Clostridium difficile - which causes severe diarrhoea - by eating meat.
The scientists have found evidence of C. difficile infection in food animals and even in meat in grocery stores, CBC News reported.

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The finding that the bacterium has been found in grocery-store meat is contained in a Canadian study that will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.

However, it's still not clear whether humans can become infected and develop C. difficile-related illness by eating meat that contains the bacterium, CBC News reported.

Currently, C. difficile is regarded as a hospital-acquired infection linked to overuse of antibiotics. It's believed that antibiotics disrupt the natural balance of bacteria in the human gut, which enables C. difficile to take hold and flourish.

But more and more cases of C. difficile-related illness are being identified in people who haven't been hospitalised. This has led scientists to look at the food supply as a possible source of infection, CBC News reported. - (HealthDayNews)

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October 2006
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