Abstract
An outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium DT 124 infection which affected 101 people in England in December 1987 and January 1988 was detected through surveillance of laboratory reports from medical microbiology laboratories of the NHS and PHLS. Within 1 week of noting the increase in reports, epidemiological and microbiological investigations identified a small German salami stick as the vehicle of infection and the product was withdrawn from sale. The epidemiological investigation highlighted the occurrence of a long incubation period, bloody diarrhoea. Prompt recognition and investigation of the outbreak prevented further cases of severe infection.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Anderson E. S., Ward L. R., Saxe M. J., de Sa J. D. Bacteriophage-typing designations of Salmonella typhimurium. J Hyg (Lond) 1977 Apr;78(2):297–300. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400056187. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- BILLE B., MELLBIN T., NORDBRING F. AN EXTENSIVE OUTBREAK OF GASTROENTERITIS CAUSED BY SALMONELLA NEWPORT. I. SOME OBSERVATIONS OF 745 KNOWN CASES. Acta Med Scand. 1964 May;175:557–567. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1964.tb00607.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- CALLOW B. R. A new phage-typing scheme for Salmonella typhi-murium. J Hyg (Lond) 1959 Sep;57:346–359. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400020209. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Gill O. N., Sockett P. N., Bartlett C. L., Vaile M. S., Rowe B., Gilbert R. J., Dulake C., Murrell H. C., Salmaso S. Outbreak of Salmonella napoli infection caused by contaminated chocolate bars. Lancet. 1983 Mar 12;1(8324):574–577. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)92822-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Thomas M. E., Mogford H. E. Salmonellosis in general practice. Observations of cases and their household in Enfield. J Hyg (Lond) 1970 Dec;68(4):663–671. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400042601. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]