A national outbreak of multi-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive phage type (DT) 104 associated with consumption of lettuce

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-178

  Horby, P W ^a,e   O'Brien, S J ^a   Adak, G K ^a   Graham, C ^a,e   Hawker, J I ^b   Hunter, P ^c   Lane, C ^a,e   Lawson, A J ^d   Mitchell, R T ^a   Reacher, M H ^a   Threlfall, E J ^d   Ward, L R ^d   Aguilera, J F ^e   Catchpole, M A ^e   Gill, O N ^e   Gillespie, I A ^e   Gregor, S ^e   Hollyoak, V A ^e   Lamagni, T ^e   le Baigue, S ^e   Long, S M ^e   McCartney, A C ^e   Rooney, R ^e   Said, B ^e   Smerdon, W J ^e   Syed, Q ^e   Twisselman, B ^e   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMID; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LETTUCE; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0037396882     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802008063     Document Type: Article

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