Eating under-cooked POULTRY could give you a urinary tract infection, reveals study

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.

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