Salmonella

Recent News

Oct 14, 2013

317-case Salmonella outbreak prompts recall of rotisserie chicken

A San Francisco Costco store has recalled 39,755 pounds of chicken linked to a Salmonella outbreak.

Oct 11, 2013

News Scan for Oct 11, 2013

Feds: Poultry plants can stay open
New flu strain in bats
Cell-based flu vaccine availability
Oct 10, 2013

USDA may pull inspectors from Salmonella outbreak plants

The USDA told Foster Farms it will block plant operations if the company doesn't take quick action.

Oct 09, 2013

CDC details chicken-linked Salmonella outbreak probe

More on the current outbreak, including that DNA footprints match those of Salmonella outbreak earlier this year.

Oct 08, 2013

Chicken-linked Salmonella outbreak tests federal response amid furloughs

Multistate outbreak affecting hundreds highlights public health consequences of fed shutdown.

Sep 04, 2013

GAO: USDA took shortcuts in poultry inspection plan

Government watchdog group says agency cut corners in assessing pilot inspection projects.

Aug 29, 2013

News Scan for Aug 29, 2013

US adolescent vaccination rates
Salmonella in spices
Aug 20, 2013

Nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to New Mexico poultry hatchery

New Mexico health officials have pinpointed the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 316 people in 37 states.

Aug 09, 2013

News Scan for Aug 09, 2013

Response to camel MERS study
MERS-CoV tests on animal samples
Cyclospora update
Malaria vaccine trial
Salmonella in baby poultry
Aug 06, 2013

Food Safety Scan for Aug 06, 2013

Rising Texas cases boost Cyclospora numbers
USDA airs Salmo testing concerns

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Ailes E, Budge P, Shankar M, et al. Economic and health impacts associated with a Salmonella Typhimurium drinking water outbreak--Alamosa, CO, 2008. PLoS One 2013 Mar 19;8(3):e57439

Behravesh CB, Blaney D, Medus C, et al. Multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium infections associated with consumption of restaurant tomatoes, USA, 2006: hypothesis generation through case exposures in multiple restaurant clusters. Epidemiol Infect 2012 Nov;140(11):2053-61 

Benjamin L, Atwill ER, Jay-Russell M, et al. Occurrence of generic E. coli, E. coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in water and sediment from leafy green produce farms and streams on the central California coast. Int J Food Microbiol 2013 Jul 1;165(1):65-76

Calhoun S, Post L, Warren B, et al. Prevalence and concentration of Salmonella on raw shelled peanuts in the United States. J Food Prot 2013 Apr;4:575-9

CDC. Multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Bovismorbificans infections associated with hummus and tahini--United States, 2011. MMWR 2012 Nov 23;61(46):944-7 

CDC. Notes from the field: multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to contact with pet hedgehogs--United States, 2011-2013. MMWR 2013 Feb 1;62(4):73 

CDC. Notes from the field: Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Infantis, Newport, and Lille infections linked to live poultry from a single mail-order hatchery in Ohio--March-September, 2012. MMWR 2013 Mar 22;62(11):213

CDC. Notes from the field: occupationally acquired Salmonella I 4,12:i:1,2 infection in a phlebotomistMinnesota, January 2013. MMWR 2013 Jun 28;62(25):525

CDC. Notes from the field: Salmonella Bredeney infections linked to a brand of peanut butter--United States, 2012. MMWR 2013 Feb 15;62(6):107 

CDC. Salmonella enteritidis infections associated with foods purchased from mobile lunch trucks—Alberta, Canada, October 2010-February 2011. MMWR 2013 Jul 19;62(28):567-9

Ge B, LaFon PC, Carter PJ, et al. Retrospective analysis of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli, and Enterococcus in animal feed ingredients. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013 Jul 24;10(8):684-91

Gorski L, Jay-Russell MT, Liang AS, et al. Diversity of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pulsotypes, serovars, and antibiotic resistance among Salmonella isolates from wild amphibians and reptiles in the California Central Coast. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013 Jun 13;10(6):540-8

Griffin PM. The "decline and fall" of non-typhoidal Salmonella in the United Kingdom. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Mar 1;56(5):705-10

Jackson BR, Griffin PM, Cole D, et al. Outbreak-associated Salmonella enterica serotypes and food commodities, United States, 1998-2008. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Aug;19(8):1239-44

Medalla F, Hoekstra RM, Whichard JM, et al. Increase in resistance to ceftriaxone and nonsusceptibility to ciprofloxacin and decrease in multidrug resistance among Salmonella strains, United States, 1996-2009. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013 Apr 8;10(4):302-9

Middleton B, Savage R, Tighe MK, et al. Risk factors for sporadic domestically acquired Salmonella serovar Enteritidis infections: a case-control study in Ontario, Canada, 2011. Epidemiol Infect 2013 (published online Sep 13)

Miller BD, Rigdon CE, Robinson TJ, et al. Use of global trade item numbers in the investigation of a Salmonella Newport outbreak associated with blueberries in Minnesota, 2010. J Food Prot 2013 May;5:762-9

Russo ET, Biggerstaff G, Hoekstra RM, et al. A recurrent, multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Agona infections associated with dry, unsweetened cereal consumption, United States, 2008. J Food Prot 2013 Feb;2:227-30 

Sauteur PMM, Relly C, Hug M, et al. Risk factors for invasive reptile-associated salmonellosis in children. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 May 31;13(6):419-21

Scavia G, Ciaravino G, Luzzi I, et al. A multistate epidemic outbreak of Salmonella Goldcoast infection in humans, June 2009 to March 2010: the investigation in Italy. Euro Surveill 2013 Mar 14;18(11)

Varga C, Pearl DL, McEwen SA, et al. Incidence, distribution, seasonality, and demographic risk factors of Salmonella enteritidis human infections in Ontario, Canada, 2007-2009. BMC Infect Dis 2013 May 10;13:212

Vora NM, Smith KM, Machalaba CC, et al. Reptile- and amphibian-associated Salmonellosis in childcare centers, United States. (Letter) Emerg Infect Dis 2012 Dec;18(12):2092-4 

Zarecki SLM, Bennett SD, Hall J, et al. US outbreak of human Salmonella infections associated with aquatic frogs, 2008-2011. Pediatrics 2013 (published online Mar 11)

Zhang J, Jin H, Hu J, et al. Serovars and antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal Salmonella from human patients in Shanghai, China, 2006–2010. Epidemiol Infect 2013 (published online Jul 10)

Ziehm D, Dreesman J, Campe A, et al. Risk factors associated with sporadic salmonellosis in adults: a case-control study. Epidemiol Infect 2013 Feb;141(2):284-92 

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