The rewrite today is for The Menu. The deep dive is about infections associated with eating dry aged meat.

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References used in this episode

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Acute bacterial meningitis in adults. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27265346/

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Microbiota associated with commercial dry-aged beef in France. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38448091/

National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/