Multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection associated with consumption of packaged spinach, August-September 2006: the Wisconsin investigation
| Autor: | Diep K. Hoang Johnson, Cindy Koschmann, Jeffrey P. Davis, John R. Archer, Umid M. Sharapov, Juliana Grant, Arthur M. Wendel, Timothy A. Monson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Escherichia coli O157 Disease Outbreaks Foodborne Diseases Feces Wisconsin Hygiene Spinacia oleracea Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Child Escherichia coli Infections media_common Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Public health Case-control study Pulsenet Outbreak Infant Odds ratio Middle Aged Confidence interval Electrophoresis Gel Pulsed-Field Infectious Diseases Logistic Models Databases as Topic Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Food Microbiology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 48(8) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Popis: | Background. Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection often causes hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Methods. In 2006, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, in cooperation with other local, state, and federal partners, investigated an outbreak of E. coli O157: H7 infection. Results. In September 2006, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene were able to link geographically dispersed E. coli O157: H7 isolates recovered from the stool samples of ill persons, all of which had the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern (i.e outbreak pattern). Investigators conducted a case-control study with control subjects (n = 86) matched to case patients (n = 49) by age, sex, and residential location. All case patients' onsets of illness occurred during the period from 20 August through 14 September 2006. Illness was associated with spinach consumption (matched odds ratio, 82.1; 95% confidence interval, 14.7 to >1000). Of the 49 case patients, 26 (53%) recalled eating brand A spinach. On multibrand analysis, only brand A was associated with illness (undefined matched odds ratio; 95% confidence interval, 6.8-infinity). Wisconsin's agriculture laboratory isolated E. coli O157:H7 with the outbreak pattern from spinach in 2 brand A packages, both produced on 15 August 2006. Conclusions. The rapid multijurisdictional epidemiologic and laboratory response, including timely pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern analysis and PulseNet posting, facilitated prompt voluntary recall of brand A spinach. |
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