Tag: meat contamination
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Study Links Nearly 1 in 5 UTIs to Contaminated Meat: A Food-Safety Wake-Up Call
Overview: A New Angle on Urinary Tract Infections Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common health issue, typically treated as a medical and hygiene concern. A four-year study, published in mBio, reframes UTIs as partly a food-safety issue by linking about 18% of infections to E. coli strains that originate in meat from food-producing animals.…
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Study Links Nearly 1 in 5 UTIs to Contaminated Meat
New findings reposition UTIs as a food safety issue A four-year study conducted in Southern California reveals that nearly one in five urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be caused by E. coli bacteria transmitted through contaminated meat. Published in the journal mBio, the research analyzed thousands of samples from UTI patients and retail meat to…
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Study Links Nearly 1 in 5 UTIs to Contaminated Meat, Reframing a Common Infection as a Food Safety Issue
Groundbreaking findings connect urinary tract infections to contaminated meat A four-year study published in mBio suggests that nearly one in five urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be linked to E. coli bacteria transmitted through contaminated meat. By analyzing more than 5,700 bacterial samples from UTI patients and retail meat in Southern California between 2017 and…