Article
Recurrent outbreaks caused by the same Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis clone in a German rehabilitation oncology clinic from 2002 to 2009.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Dec 2018
Miller T, Brockmann S, Spackova M, Wetzig J, Frank C, Pfeifer Y, Braun P G, Prager R, Rabsch W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Repeated outbreaks of salmonellosis caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis at a rehabilitation clinic in Germany were investigated microbiologically from August 2002 to August 2009. AIM: To identify the sources of transmission and characterize the S. enterica serovar Infantis isolates. METHODS: Associated with these outbreaks, isolates from 98 patients, two kitchen staff, five food samples,...
Topics
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Environmental Microbiology
- Feces
- Food Microbiology
- Genotype
- Germany
- Humans
