Table 2.
Characteristics of outbreaks caused by Salmonella associated with beef, by serotype, United States, 2012–2019
| Characteristic | Newport n (%) |
TyphimuriumA n (%) |
Enteritidis n (%) |
Braenderup n (%) |
Dublin n (%) |
Uganda n (%) |
Heidelberg n (%) |
IdikanA n (%) |
Infantis n (%) |
Javiana n (%) |
Muenchen n (%) |
Potsdam n (%) |
Total N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outbreaks | 7 (26) | 6 (22) | 3 (11) | 2 (7) | 2 (7) | 2 (7) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 27 |
| Illnesses | 732 (66) | 129 (12) | 81 (7) | 11 (1) | 51 (5) | 43 (4) | 32 (3) | 6 (1) | 4 (0) | 8 (1) | 3 (0) | 9 (1) | 1103 |
| Hospitalizations available | 572 | 97 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 42 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 834 |
| Hospitalizations (% of available by serotype) | 187 (33) | 33 (34) | 3 (25) | 3 (27) | 16 (33) | 3 (7) | 6 (21) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 1 (33) | 1 (11) | |
| Hospitalizations (% of total) | 187 (74) | 33 (13) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 16 (6) | 3 (1) | 6 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 254 |
| Deaths | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 |
| Beef Type | |||||||||||||
| Ground | 4 (33) | 4 (33) | 3 (25) | 0 (0) | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 12 |
| Intact Raw | 1 (17) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 6 |
| RTE Beef | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 |
| OtherB | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 4 |
| Unspecified | 2 (67) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 |
| Antibiotic Resistance Available | 7 (100) | 5 (83) | 2 (67) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 25 |
| Any Resistance (% of available) | 4 (57) | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 |
| MDR (% of available) | 3 (43) | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 |
A
One outbreak in RTE Beef was serotyped as Typhimurium and Idikan. This outbreak is classified in the table under each of the serotypes. This outbreak had 6 illnesses, 0 hospitalizations, and 0 deaths.
B
Other beef included: roast beef, ox tongue and tripe, fajita beef, and beef, laab raw/boiled beef.