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E. coli update: sprouts as the culprit?
Posted by Tara C. Smith on June 5, 2011
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The E. coli story is moving quickly. A news report out today suggests that sprouts might be the culprit (though it should be emphasized that the outbreak strain hasn’t been isolated from these vegetables yet): Mr Lindemann said epidemiological studies all seemed to point to the plant nursery in Uelzen in the state of Lower…
MRSA ST398 review article–free access
Posted by Tara C. Smith on April 25, 2011 Just received an email from Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases saying that my recent article, The Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus ST398, will be available for free online for the next two weeks. It was submitted roughly a year ago so it’s already a bit dated in this quick-moving field, but provides an overview of “livestock-associated” MRSA…