Author:
RUSHDY A. A.,STUART J. M.,WARD L. R.,BRUCE J.,THRELFALL E. J.,PUNIA P.,BAILEY J. R.
Abstract
Eight cases of Salmonella senftenberg infection
in infants were identified in the first half of 1995
in England, five were indistinguishable S. senftenberg
strains. A case-control study showed an
association between illness and consumption of one brand of baby cereal
(P=0·03). The cereal
manufacturer reported isolating S. senftenberg in June 1994
from an undistributed cereal batch.
Outbreak strains and the cereal strain were all plasmid-free in contrast
to other human isolates
of S. senftenberg in the same period. Changes in the production
process
were implemented to prevent further contamination.Surveillance centres should strengthen the detection and investigation
of outbreaks of
gastrointestinal infection in susceptible groups, especially young
children. In this outbreak, the
study of only five cases led to identification of the vehicle of infection.
Even when few cases
are reported, epidemiological investigation in conjunction with molecular
typing may lead to
public health action which prevents continuing or future outbreaks.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
Cited by
70 articles.
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