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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Barton Behravesh, Casey
• Mody, Rajal K
• Jungk, Jessica
• Gaul, Linda
• Redd, John T
• Chen, Sanny
• Cosgrove, Shaun
• Hedican, Erin
• Sweat, David
• Chávez-Hauser, Lina
• Snow, Sandra L
• Hanson, Heather
• Nguyen, Thai-An
• Sodha, Samir V
• Boore, Amy L
• Russo, Elizabeth
• Mikoleit, Matthew
• Theobald, Lisa
• Gerner-Smidt, Peter
• Hoekstra, Robert M
• Angulo, Frederick J
• Swerdlow, David L
• Tauxe, Robert V
• Griffin, Patricia M
• Williams, Ian T

Titel

2008 Outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul Infections Associated with Raw Produce

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2011-03, Vol.364 (10), p.918-927

Ort / Verlag

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Through traditional epidemiologic techniques and molecular typing, multiple state health departments and the CDC identified a large nationwide outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by salmonella Saintpaul that was most closely associated with jalapeño and serrano peppers. Salmonella is a leading bacterial cause of gastroenteritis in the United States, and the incidence has changed little in the past decade. 1 Produce that is eaten raw is an increasingly recognized vehicle for transmission of pathogens, including salmonella species. 2 , 3 On May 22, 2008, the New Mexico Department of Health notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 19 cases of salmonella infection in May. All seven isolates with completed serotyping were Salmonella enterica serotype Saintpaul. 4 Four of the tested isolates had indistinguishable patterns on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). On May 23, the CDC's staff at PulseNet (a . . .