Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to a pasteurized ice cream product served to hospitalized patients

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2728-2731

  Rietberg, K ^a   Lloyd, J ^a   Melius, B ^b   Wyman, P ^c   Treadwell, R ^d   Olson, G ^e   Kang, M G ^b   Duchin, J S ^a,f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Public Health Seattle and King County   (United States)

^d Washington State Deptartment of Agriculture   (United States)

^e Shellfish and Food   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice cream; Listeria; listeriosis; milk shake; outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; HYDROXYUREA; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CONFUSION; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOFIBROSIS; PASTEURIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; CROSS INFECTION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; WASHINGTON;

CROSS INFECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; ICE CREAM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASTEURIZATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84984680049     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815003039     Document Type: Article

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