Toxigenic C. difficile resides harmlessly in infants, poses risk to adults Date: December 3, 2013 Source: American Society for Microbiology Summary: ...

Infants and toddlers frequently carry toxigenic Clostridium difficile, usually with no harm to themselves, but can serve as a reservoir and spread the bacteria to adults in whom it can cause ...

Toxigenic dinoflagellate species and associated toxins showed different distribution patterns in the north and the south SJG. Protoceratium reticulatum and Dinophysis acuminata, together with ...

Among nearly 550 patients, 17 (3.1 percent) were colonized with toxigenic C. diff on admission and an additional three patients were found to be colonized during hospitalization.

Toxigenic C diff was detected in 1% of meconium samples and 19% of 2-month, 37% of 6-month, 40% of 12-month, and 8% of 24-month samples; ...

Children aged 3 and younger had a C difficile positivity rate of 22.4% and a toxigenic C difficile rate of 7.0%. Those higher rates were in line with previous studies, the authors said.

What are mycotoxins? Mycotoxins are hazardous substances produced by certain microorganisms called toxigenic fungi ().One mould species may produce more than one type of mycotoxin, and a single ...

Only toxigenic isolates carrying the tox gene, confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and whole-genome sequencing, were included in accordance with World Health Organization ...

The new industry standard, which was included in the FDA’s Compliance Program Guidance Manual and Compliance Policy Guide, reduced the amount of non-toxigenic E. coli in raw milk cheese from ...