Pathogen Detection in Food Poison Episodes / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE TO improve the detection leval of bacterial pathogens caused food poison episodes. METHODS The baterial pathogens were cultured and identified in two food posison episodes.The antibiotic susceptibiity test was undertaken,retrospetirely. RESULTS Five enterotoxin-producing S.aureus strains were isolated from 55 samples collected in one event,and five enterotoxin-producing salmonella enteritidis strains were isolated from 66 samples collected in another event. CONCLUSIONS The two outbreak events are caused by bacteria contaminated foods.