NDLI: Salmonella Enteritidis infections associated with a contaminated immersion blender at a cAMP.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Daly, Elizabeth R. Smith, Colleen M. Wikoff, Peter Seiferth, John Finnigan, Jayne Nadeau, Alisha M. Welch, Joyce J.
Spatial Coverage	New Hampshire
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Daly ER ( Communicable Disease Surveillance Section, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire 03301-6504, USA. erdaly@dhhs.state.nh.us)
Abstract	More than 100 foodborne salmonellosis outbreaks occur each year in the United States. Contaminated food preparation equipment is implicated in approximately 32% of Salmonella outbreaks with a known source. In April 2009, we investigated reported Salmonella infections at a camp in New Hampshire. Camp attendees were contacted to complete a standard questionnaire. The questionnaire asked about foods eaten while at the camp, symptoms of gastrointestinal illness, visits to healthcare providers, and specimen submission for pathogen testing. Laboratory and environmental investigations were conducted, including testing of foods and food preparation equipment. A total of 133 ill persons, including 47 laboratory-confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis infections, were identified during this investigation. A total of 142 (80%) of 178 camp attendees completed a standard questionnaire and 109 cases of gastrointestinal illness and 33 healthy individuals were identified. Statistical analysis of survey data indicated that people who ate pudding were 15 times more likely to become ill with salmonellosis than those who did not eat pudding (risk ratio, 15.2; 95% confidence interval, 2.3-102.3). Salmonella Enteritidis was identified in leftover pudding and in the internal mixing components of the blender used to mix the pudding. All patient, food, and blender isolates exhibited the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern. This outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis was caused by a Salmonella-contaminated hand-held immersion blender used to prepare pudding at a camp. A malfunctioning blender shaft seal is suspected to have resulted in contamination of the blender and subsequently pudding prepared using the blender.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	15353141
Issue Number	9
Volume Number	7
e-ISSN	15567125
Journal	Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
Language	English
Publisher	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Publisher Date	2010-09-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Microbiology Discipline Parasitology Discipline Nutritional Sciences Equipment Contamination Food Handling Instrumentation Foodborne Diseases Microbiology Salmonella Infections Epidemiology Transmission Salmonella Enteritidis Adolescent Camping Child Gastrointestinal Diseases Humans New Hampshire Diagnosis Isolation & Purification Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Animal Science and Zoology Microbiology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Food Science

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