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Euro Surveill ; 17(43): 20303, 2012 Oct 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23137464

ABSTRACT

An ongoing outbreak of salmonellosis due to Salmonella Thompson is affecting the Netherlands. Between 2 August and 19 October 2012, 866 cases were confirmed. Their median age was 44 years (range: 0-95 years), 63% were female and 36% were hospitalised. A matched case-control study suggested smoked salmon as the vehicle. Salmonella Thompson was confirmed in four of nine batches of smoked salmon from one producer. A recall of all concerned smoked salmon products was executed starting end of September.


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Disease Outbreaks , Fish Products/microbiology , Salmon/microbiology , Salmonella Food Poisoning , Salmonella Infections/epidemiology , Salmonella enterica/isolation & purification , Adolescent , Adult , Animals , Case-Control Studies , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Fish Products/analysis , Food Handling/methods , Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Netherlands/epidemiology , Product Recalls and Withdrawals/standards , Salmonella enterica/classification
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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd ; 148(43): 2136-40, 2004 Oct 23.
Article in Dutch | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15553360

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OBSERVATION: On a warm day, during a barbecue that was attended by over 100 guests, a large number became rapidly ill with signs of acute gastroenteritis within a few hours after eating the prepared food. The characteristic symptoms were nausea, vomiting, syncope and in some cases in a later stage, diarrhoea. Sixty patients were transferred to hospitals. INVESTIGATION: Investigation revealed that the cause of this outbreak of gastroenteritis was an enterotoxin-A-producing strain of Staphylococcus aureus in a noodle dish. Both the food residues and the faeces from patients contained genotypically identical strains of S. aureus. They all had the gene for the gastroenteritis-inducing enterotoxin A from S. aureus. CONCLUSION: This case shows that the timely involvement of the different health authorities responsible for intervening in explosions of food poisoning is crucial for the clarification and treatment of such large-scale outbreaks. In the investigation of this outbreak, the municipal health authority co-operated with regional laboratories and the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority/Inspectorate for Health Protection and Veterinary Public Health.


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Enterotoxins/biosynthesis , Staphylococcal Food Poisoning/epidemiology , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Acute Disease , Disease Outbreaks , Enterotoxins/genetics , Food Microbiology , Gastroenteritis/epidemiology , Humans , Netherlands/epidemiology , Staphylococcal Food Poisoning/etiology , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Staphylococcus aureus/metabolism
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