A Mixed Foodborne Outbreak with Salmonella heidelberg and Campylobacter jejuni in a Nursing Home

Layton, Marcelle; Calliste, Susan G.; Gomez, Thomas M.; Patton, C M; Brooks, Steven E.

doi:10.2307/30142400

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“…Five outbreaks involved contaminated meats. In an outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg and Campylobacter jejuni infections in New York State, cooked chicken livers were placed in a bowl which previously contained raw chicken liver juices and inadequately stored overnight [9]. A clean, sanitized receptacle should have been used followed by refrigeration at 4°C.…”

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Enteric outbreaks in long-term care facilities and recommendations for prevention: a review

Greig

Lee

2008

Epidemiol. Infect.

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Outbreaks of enteric illness in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) were reviewed to identify preventative recommendations. Systematic review methodology identified outbreak reports of gastrointestinal illness in LTCFs either published or that occurred from January 1997 to June 2007. The inclusion criteria captured 75 outbreaks; 23 (31%) associated with bacterial agents and 52 (69%) with viral agents. Transmission was mainly foodborne (52%) for those of bacterial origin and person-to-person (71%) for viral outbreaks. Norovirus infection was associated with 58% of hospitalizations. Sixty deaths were reported, about half from Salmonella infections. Recommendations for foodborne outbreaks emphasized appropriate sourcing and preparation of eggs, staff training, and temperature control during food preparation. Recommendations from outbreaks transmitted person-to-person centred on controlling residents' movements, effective environmental cleaning and disinfection, cancelling social events and restricting visitors, excluding ill staff, encouraging effective hand hygiene, and preventing cross-contamination through gloving and gowning. In none of the 75 published outbreak reports were the suggested recommendations evaluated for effectiveness in controlling the outbreak. Applied research of this type could greatly help in the acceptance of prevention and control strategies.

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Enteric outbreaks in long-term care facilities and recommendations for prevention: a review

Greig

Lee

2008

Epidemiol. Infect.

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“…Furthermore, outbreaks of S . Heidelberg infection have been previously associated with consumption of poultry [21, 22] and undercooked eggs [23, 24]. Similarly, our control population included persons who were ill due to S .…”

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Analysis of the FoodNet case-control study of sporadicSalmonellaserotype Enteritidis infections using persons infected with otherSalmonellaserotypes as the comparison group

Voetsch

Poole²,

Hedberg

et al. 2008

Epidemiol. Infect.

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Use of well persons as the comparison group for laboratory-confirmed cases of sporadic salmonellosis may introduce ascertainment bias into case-control studies. Data from the 1996-1997 FoodNet case-control study of laboratory-confirmed Salmonella serogroups B and D infection were used to estimate the effect of specific behaviours and foods on infection with Salmonella serotype Enteritidis (SE). Persons with laboratory-confirmed Salmonella of other serotypes acted as the comparison group. The analysis included 173 SE cases and 268 non-SE controls. SE was associated with international travel, consumption of chicken prepared outside the home, and consumption of undercooked eggs prepared outside the home in the 5 days prior to diarrhoea onset. SE phage type 4 was associated with international travel and consumption of undercooked eggs prepared outside the home. The use of ill controls can be a useful tool in identifying risk factors for sporadic cases of Salmonella.

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“…Little is known about the association between salmonellosis and lamb's liver. There are only a few studies that have reported an association between offal and salmonellosis due to cross-contamination while handling cooked and raw meat products together [37,38].…”

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Non-Typhoidal Salmonella at the Human-Food-of-Animal-Origin Interface in Australia

Sodagari

Wang

Robertson

et al. 2020

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Non-typhoidal Salmonella is a major zoonotic pathogen that plays a significant role in foodborne human salmonellosis worldwide through the consumption of contaminated foods, particularly those of animal origin. Despite a considerable reduction in human salmonellosis outbreaks in developed countries, Australia is experiencing a continuous rise of such outbreaks in humans. This review of the literature highlights the reported non-typhoidal Salmonella outbreaks in humans as well as the occurrence of the pathogen in foods from animal sources throughout Australia. Non-typhoidal Salmonella infections from food animals are more often associated with at-risk people, such as immunocompromised and aged people or children. Although several animal-sourced foods were recognised as the catalysts for salmonellosis outbreaks in Australia, egg and egg-based products remained the most implicated foods in the reported outbreaks. This review further highlights the antimicrobial resistance trends of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates at the human–food interface, with a focus on clinically important antimicrobials in humans, by collating evidence from previous investigations in Australia. The rise in antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella, especially to antimicrobials commonly prescribed to treat human salmonellosis, has become a significant global public health concern. However, the overall prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Australia is considerably lower than in other parts of the world, particularly in terms of critically important antimicrobials for the treatment of human salmonellosis. The present review adds to our understanding of the global epidemiology of non-typhoidal Salmonella with emphasis on the past few decades in Australia.

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A Mixed Foodborne Outbreak with Salmonella heidelberg and Campylobacter jejuni in a Nursing Home

Cited by 32 publications

References 16 publications

Enteric outbreaks in long-term care facilities and recommendations for prevention: a review

Enteric outbreaks in long-term care facilities and recommendations for prevention: a review

Analysis of the FoodNet case-control study of sporadicSalmonellaserotype Enteritidis infections using persons infected with otherSalmonellaserotypes as the comparison group

Non-Typhoidal Salmonella at the Human-Food-of-Animal-Origin Interface in Australia

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