Outbreak of campylobacteriosis following pre-cooked sausage consumption

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 507-510

  Graham, Christopher ^a   Whyte, Rosemary ^a   Gilpin, Brent ^a   Cornelius, Angela ^a   Hudson, J Andrew ^a   Morrison, Dianne ^b   Graham, Helen ^b   Nicol, Carolyn ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^b Community and Public Health ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MEAT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 28944448945     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00239.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. ESR. Enteric Infections. N Z Public Health Rep. 2005;3:3.
2. Pebody RG, Ryan MJ, Wall PG. Outbreaks of campylobacter infection: rare events for a common pathogen. Commun Dis Rep. 1997;7:R33-7.
3. The Campylobacter sentinel surveillance scheme collaborators. Point source outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni infection - are they more common than we think and what might cause them? Epidemiol Infect 2003;130:367-75.
4. Jones IG, Roworth M. An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 and campylobacteriosis associated with contamination of a drinking water supply. Public Health. 1996;110:277-82.
5. Lehner A, Schneck C, Feirel G, Pless P, Deutz A, Brandl E, et al. Epidemiological application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni in an Austrian youth centre. Epidemiol Infect. 2000;125:13-16.
6. Istre GR, Blaser MJ, Shillam P, Hopkins RS. Campylobacter enteritis associated with undercooked barbecued chicken. Am J Public Health. 1984;74:1265-7.
7. Finch MJ, Blake PA. Foodborne outbreaks of campylobacteriosis: The United States Experience, 1980-1982. Am J Epidemiol. 1985;122:262-8.
8. Frost JA, Gillespie IA, O'Brien SJ. Public health implications of campylobacter outbreaks in England and Wales, 1995-9:Epidemiological and microbiological investigations. Epidemiol Infect. 2002;128:111-18.
9. Bolton FJ, Hawkins HC, Hutchinson DN. Biotypes and serotypes of thermophilic campylobacters isolated from cattle, sheep and pig offal and other red meats. J Hyg Camb. 1985;95:1-6.
10. Madden RH, Moran L, Scares P. Frequency of occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in red meats and poultry in Northern Ireland and their subsequent subtyping using polymerase chain reaction-restriction length polymorphism and the random amplified polymorphic DNA method. J Appl Microbiol. 1998;84:703-8.
11. Hudson JA, McGuire G. Campylobacter in meats for the barbecue - not a sausage. N Z J Environ Health. 2002;25:16-17.
12. Gill CO, Harris LM. Survival and growth of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni on meat and in cooked foods. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982;44:259-63.
13. Little CL, de Louvois J. The microbiological examination of butchery products and butchers' premises in the United Kingdom. J Appl Microbiol. 1998;85:177-86.
14. Fricker CR, Park CWA. A two-year study of the distribution of "thermophilic" campylobacters in human, environmental and food samples from the Reading area with particular reference to toxin production and heat-stable serotype. J Appl Bacteriol. 1989;66:477-90.
15. Meldrum RJ, Ribeiro CD. Campylobacter in ready-to-eat foods: The results of a 15-month survey. J Food Prot. 2003;66:2135-7.
16. Wong TL, Devane M, Hudson JA, Scholes P, Savill M, Klena J. Validation of a PCR method for Campylobacter detection on poultry packs. Br Food J. 2004;106:642-50.
17. Owen RJ, Martin SR, Borman P. Rapid urea hydrolysis by gastric campylobacters. Lancet 1985;i:111.
18. Hunt JM, Abeyta C, Tran T. Campylobacter. In: Food and Drug Administration, editors. Bacteriological Analytical Manual. 8th ed. Gaithersburg (MD): AOAC International; 1998. p. 7.01-7.24.
19. Penner JL, Hennessy JN. Passive haemagglutination technique for serotyping Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni on the basis of heat-stable antigens. J Clin Microbiol. 1980;12:732-7.
20. Gibson JR, Sutherland K, Owen JR. Inhibition of DNAse activity in PFGE analysis of DNA from Campylobacter jejuni. Lett Appl Microbiol. 1994;19:357-8.
21. Cornelius AJ, Nicol C, Hudson JA. Campylobacter spp. in New Zealand raw sheep liver and human campylobacteriosis cases. Int J Food Microbiol. 2004;99:99-105.
22. Kirk M, Waddell R, Dalton C, Creaser A, Rose N. A prolonged outbreak of Campylobacter infection at a training facility. Commun Dis Intell. 1997;21:57-61.
23. Blankenship LC, Craven SE, Chiu JY, Krumm GW. Sampling methods and frozen storage of samples for detection of Campylobacter jejuni on freshly processed broiler carcasses. J Food Prot. 1983;46:510-13.
24. Moorhead SM, Dykes GA. Survival of Campylobacter jejuni on beef trimmings during freezing and frozen storage. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2002;34:72-6.
25. Whyte RJ, Armstrong B, Graham CF. Outbreak of salmonellosis linked to a butchery. N Z J Public Health. 2000;7:14-15.