Tainted Meat Linked to Nearly 1 in 5 Urinary Tract Infections
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Tainted Meat Linked to Nearly 1 in 5 Urinary Tract Infections
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The E.Coli bacterium was recently identified in cases of urinary infections in an investigation conducted by the Milken Institute. The study team of the Public Health School of the Milken Institute, of George Washington University, points out that in 2,300 studies over four years, 18% of these urea infections had the E.coli bacterium. The bacterium was found mostly in meat samples, especially franco and peru. This phenomenon is commonly associat…
Publisher's Platform: Study shows one in five UTI's caused by contaminated meat
A new study estimates that nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat – and pose a hidden foodborne risk to millions of people not just in California but across the US. The research, published in mBio, also found that people living in low-income neighborhoods are at the greatest risk. “Urinary tract infections have long been considered a personal healt…
Researchers identify meat as the cause of urinary tract infections. It depends on storage and preparation – and on the type of meat.
A recent scientific study revealed that urinary tract infections that afflict millions of people around the world annually are not only linked to personal hygiene levels, but directly related to food quality such as contaminated meat.
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