RESUMO
We report four cases of listeriosis that occurred over a two-month period in north east England. Due to the apparent nosocomial acquisition of infection and the clustering of cases in time and place, extended epidemiological investigation was performed and the outbreak was traced to a caterer who was providing sandwiches for hospital shops. We discuss the difficulties in preventing food-borne listeriosis in the hospital setting.
Assuntos
Infecção Hospitalar/etiologia , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Listeria monocytogenes/isolamento & purificação , Listeriose/etiologia , Idoso , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Inglaterra/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Listeriose/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeAssuntos
Homossexualidade Feminina/história , Feminino , França , História do Século XVIII , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
In February 1996 Salmonella enterica serotype Montevideo infection in a patient in the North Tyneside area was attributed to consumption of cooked chicken bought from a supermarket hot food outlet. Isolates from the patient, leftover food, and environmental samples were indistinguishable by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). PFGE also demonstrated that an outbreak of infection with S. Montevideo associated with the hot food outlet had occurred in late 1995 and early 1996. This study shows the importance of microbial strain discrimination in outbreak investigations and illustrates the value of close liaison between microbiologists, epidemiologists, and environmental health officers in the control of salmonella outbreaks.
