Large outbreak of food poisoning caused by Salmonella typhimurium definitive type 49 in mayonnaise.

An outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium DT170 associated with kebab meat and yogurt relish.

During July 1995, an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium definitive type (DT) 170, an unusual strain, occurred in South Wales. A case-control study found that illness was associated with eating kebabs (odds ratio undefined, P = 0.002), doner kebabs (odds ratio 7.9, 95 % confidence interval 1.5-20.5, P = 0.02) and kebabs with yoghurt based relish (odds ratio undefined, P = 0.009) but not with eat...

A large point-source outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chicken, pork and salad rolls from a Vietnamese bakery in Sydney.

INTRODUCTION In January 2011, Sydney South West Public Health Unit was notified of a large number of people presenting with gastroenteritis over two days at a local hospital emergency department (ED). METHODS Case-finding was conducted through hospital EDs and general practitioners, which resulted in the notification of 154 possible cases, from which 83 outbreak cases were identified. Fifty-e...

Outbreak of food poisoning caused by lunch boxes prepared by a company contaminated with multidrug resistant Salmonella typhimurium DT104.

Foodborne Outbreak and Nonmotile Salmonella enterica Variant, France

We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations.

An outbreak of salmonellosis in a swine finishing barn

This case report describes an outbreak of disease caused by Salmonella serovar Typhimurium, phage type 108, in a batch finishing barn in Ontario, Canada. The outbreak was treated with both watersoluble and injectable antibiotics. Normal cleaning and disinfecting protocols were modified to decontaminate the facilities. Two members of the producer’s family required medical treatment for salmonell...