Eating under-cooked chicken and turkey could give you a urinary tract infection (UTI), research has found.
Scientists found that nearly 25 percent of poultry samples they examined from retail stores contained bacteria that shared the same genetic fingerprints as urine taken from patients with water infections.
The finding has led them to believe that UTIs can be caused by E. coli, which is found in the gut and faeces of many animals.
The team suspect that UTI patients are consuming poultry that either isn’t fully cooked or they’re not using appropriate guidelines for handling raw meat.
A team from the University of California in Berkeley carried out the research after colleagues had earlier suggesting a link between some drug-resistant UTI cases and a certain strain of E. coli.
