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Alaska Department of Health & Social Services
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak linked to ground beef at school potluck
May 8th, 2006
An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium was associated with ground beef served at a school potluck. Researchers in the United States and Canada report, "An outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred among at least 47 persons attending a school potluck. Illness was associated with consumption of ground beef (estimated odds ratio, 16.3; 95% confidence interval, 2.2 to 338.3)." Salmonella typhimurium isolated from infected individuals and the implicated ground beef revealed identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and was multidrug resistant," said Joseph B. McLaughlin at the Alaska Department of Health and Social...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-05-08)
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