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J Food Prot ; 84(8): 1340-1356, 2021 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33836048

RESUMO

ABSTRACT: Leafy greens contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli have continued to cause foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years and present a threat to public health. An important component of foodborne illness outbreak investigations is determining the source of the outbreak vehicle through traceback investigations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is home to traceback investigation experts who use a standardized process to initiate, execute, and interpret the results of traceback investigations in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local partners. Traceback investigations of three outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce in 2018 and 2019 were examined to demonstrate challenges, limitations, and opportunities for improvement. The three outbreaks resulted in a total of 474 illnesses, 215 hospitalizations, and 5 deaths. These illnesses were linked to the consumption of romaine lettuce from three distinct growing regions in Arizona and California. Some of the challenges encountered included the time it took to initiate a traceback, limited product-identifying information throughout the supply chain, lack of interoperability in record-keeping systems, and comingling of product from multiple suppliers. These challenges led to time delays in the identification of the farm source of the leafy greens and the inability to identify the root cause of contamination. Implementation of technology-enabled traceability systems, testing of these systems, and future regulations to incentivize adoption of traceability systems are some of the initiatives that will help address these challenges by improving traceback investigations and ultimately preventing foodborne illnesses and future outbreaks from occurring.


Assuntos
Infecções por Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli O157 , Arizona , Surtos de Doenças , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Lactuca
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(10): 2319-2328, 2020 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32946367

RESUMO

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cause substantial and costly illnesses. Leafy greens are the second most common source of foodborne STEC O157 outbreaks. We examined STEC outbreaks linked to leafy greens during 2009-2018 in the United States and Canada. We identified 40 outbreaks, 1,212 illnesses, 77 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome, and 8 deaths. More outbreaks were linked to romaine lettuce (54%) than to any other type of leafy green. More outbreaks occurred in the fall (45%) and spring (28%) than in other seasons. Barriers in epidemiologic and traceback investigations complicated identification of the ultimate outbreak source. Research on the seasonality of leafy green outbreaks and vulnerability to STEC contamination and bacterial survival dynamics by leafy green type are warranted. Improvements in traceability of leafy greens are also needed. Federal and state health partners, researchers, the leafy green industry, and retailers can work together on interventions to reduce STEC contamination.


Assuntos
Infecções por Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli Shiga Toxigênica , Canadá/epidemiologia , Surtos de Doenças , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Lactuca , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia
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Microb Drug Resist ; 19(3): 191-7, 2013 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23289438

RESUMO

Non-Typhi Salmonella cause over 1.7 million cases of gastroenteritis in North America each year, and food-animal products are commonly implicated in human infections. For invasive infections, antimicrobial therapy is indicated. In North America, the antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella is monitored by the U.S. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS). In this study, we determined the susceptibility to cephalosporins by broth microdilution among 5,041 non-Typhi Salmonella enterica isolated from food animals, retail meats, and humans. In the United States, 109 (4.6%) of isolates collected from humans, 77 (15.7%) from retail meat, and 140 (10.6%) from food animals displayed decreased susceptibility to cephalosporins (DSC). Among the Canadian retail meat and food animal isolates, 52 (13.0%) and 42 (9.4%) displayed DSC. All isolates displaying DSC were screened for ß-lactamase genes (bla(TEM), bla(SHV), bla(CMY), bla(CTX-M), and bla(OXA-1)) by polymerase chain reaction. At least one ß-lactamase gene was detected in 74/109 (67.9%) isolates collected from humans, and the bla(CMY) genes were most prevalent (69/109; 63.3%). Similarly, the bla(CMY) genes predominated among the ß-lactamase-producing isolates collected from retail meats and food animals. Three isolates from humans harbored a bla(CTX-M-15) gene. No animal or retail meat isolates harbored a bla(CTX-M) or bla(OXA-1) gene. A bla(TEM) gene was found in 5 human, 9 retail meat, and 17 animal isolates. Although serotype distributions varied among human, retail meat, and animal sources, overlap in bla(CMY)-positive serotypes across sample sources supports meat and food-animal sources as reservoirs for human infection.


Assuntos
Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Cefalosporinas/farmacologia , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana/genética , Salmonella enterica/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Canadá , Humanos , Carne/microbiologia , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Infecções por Salmonella/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Salmonella/microbiologia , Salmonella enterica/genética , Salmonella enterica/isolamento & purificação , Sorotipagem , Estados Unidos , beta-Lactamases/genética
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 55(9): 3985-9, 2011 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21690279

RESUMO

Due to emerging resistance to traditional antimicrobial agents, such as ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol, azithromycin is increasingly used for the treatment of invasive Salmonella infections. In the present study, 696 isolates of non-Typhi Salmonella collected from humans, food animals, and retail meats in the United States were investigated for antimicrobial susceptibility to azithromycin. Seventy-two Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolates from humans were also tested. For each isolate, MICs of azithromycin and 15 other antimicrobial agents were determined by broth microdilution. Among the non-Typhi Salmonella isolates, azithromycin MICs among human isolates ranged from 1 to 32 µg/ml, whereas the MICs among the animal and retail meat isolates ranged from 2 to 16 µg/ml and 4 to 16 µg/ml, respectively. Among Salmonella serotype Typhi isolates, the azithromycin MICs ranged from 4 to 16 µg/ml. The highest MIC observed in the present study was 32 µg/ml, and it was detected in three human isolates belonging to serotypes Kentucky, Montevideo, and Paratyphi A. Based on our findings, we propose an epidemiological cutoff value (ECOFF) for wild-type Salmonella of ≤16 µg/ml of azithromycin. The susceptibility data provided could be used in combination with clinical outcome data to determine tentative clinical breakpoints for azithromycin and Salmonella enterica.


Assuntos
Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Azitromicina/farmacologia , Salmonella enterica/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Estados Unidos
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Appl Environ Microbiol ; 76(6): 1709-17, 2010 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20080990

RESUMO

To determine the presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and other potentially diarrheagenic E. coli strains in retail meats, 7,258 E. coli isolates collected by the U.S. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) retail meat program from 2002 to 2007 were screened for Shiga toxin genes. In addition, 1,275 of the E. coli isolates recovered in 2006 were examined for virulence genes specific for other diarrheagenic E. coli strains. Seventeen isolates (16 from ground beef and 1 from a pork chop) were positive for stx genes, including 5 positive for both stx(1) and stx(2), 2 positive for stx(1), and 10 positive for stx(2). The 17 STEC strains belonged to 10 serotypes: O83:H8, O8:H16, O15:H16, O15:H17, O88:H38, ONT:H51, ONT:H2, ONT:H10, ONT:H7, and ONT:H46. None of the STEC isolates contained eae, whereas seven carried enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) hlyA. All except one STEC isolate exhibited toxic effects on Vero cells. DNA sequence analysis showed that the stx(2) genes from five STEC isolates encoded mucus-activatable Stx2d. Subtyping of the 17 STEC isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) yielded 14 distinct restriction patterns. Among the 1,275 isolates from 2006, 11 atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) isolates were identified in addition to 3 STEC isolates. This study demonstrated that retail meats, mainly ground beef, were contaminated with diverse STEC strains. The presence of atypical EPEC strains in retail meat is also of concern due to their potential to cause human infections.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli Enteropatogênica/genética , Escherichia coli Enteropatogênica/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Carne/microbiologia , Toxinas Shiga/genética , Escherichia coli Shiga Toxigênica/genética , Escherichia coli Shiga Toxigênica/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana , Chlorocebus aethiops , Análise por Conglomerados , Impressões Digitais de DNA , DNA Bacteriano/química , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Eletroforese em Gel de Campo Pulsado , Escherichia coli Enteropatogênica/classificação , Células Epiteliais/microbiologia , Genótipo , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Sorotipagem , Escherichia coli Shiga Toxigênica/classificação , Estados Unidos , Células Vero , Fatores de Virulência/genética
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J Antimicrob Chemother ; 60(2): 398-401, 2007 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17526503

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: We describe the emergence and dissemination of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella Typhimurium in humans, retail meat and food animals from Yucatan, Mexico. METHODS: Salmonella Typhimurium isolates were collected through an active surveillance system and tested for susceptibility to 12 antimicrobial agents. Isolates that were non-susceptible to ceftriaxone were tested with 10 additional antimicrobials and assayed by PCR for the presence of CMY, CTX-M, SHV, TEM and OXA beta-lactamase genes. Plasmid-borne phenotypes were identified by transfer to susceptible Escherichia coli. Isolates from humans, retail meat and food animals were compared by PFGE to determine genetic relatedness. RESULTS: MDR Salmonella Typhimurium containing a plasmid-mediated blaCMY-2 AmpC beta-lactamase rose from 0% (0/27) during 2000 and 2001 to 75% (63/84) in 2004 and 2005 (P<0.0001). MDR blaCMY-2 Salmonella Typhimurium (n=115) was most common in ill children (44.3%) and pork or swine intestine (36.5%). In several cities, MDR blaCMY-2 Salmonella Typhimurium from retail meat or swine intestine exhibited PFGE patterns and antibiograms indistinguishable from those in strains recovered from hospitalized children. The CMY gene was transferred to E. coli by electroporation, along with resistance to three to six other antimicrobials. Children with MDR blaCMY-2 Salmonella Typhimurium infection (n=39) had a higher frequency of systemic infection (13% versus 0%), mortality (8% versus 0%) and hospital re-admission due to protracted diarrhoea (28% versus 17%) than children with non-MDR-Salmonella Typhimurium (n=24), although the difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: The rapid and widespread dissemination of MDR blaCMY-2 Salmonella Typhimurium in Mexico calls for urgent interventions to contain this potentially fatal pathogen.


Assuntos
Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla/genética , Infecções por Salmonella/epidemiologia , Infecções por Salmonella/microbiologia , Salmonella typhimurium/efeitos dos fármacos , Salmonella typhimurium/genética , beta-Lactamases/genética , Animais , Cefalosporinas/farmacologia , Galinhas , Criança , Diarreia/etiologia , Diarreia/microbiologia , Contaminação de Alimentos , Humanos , Intestinos/microbiologia , Carne/microbiologia , México/epidemiologia , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Infecções por Salmonella/transmissão , Sorotipagem , Suínos
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