Citation
A. Nastasi et al., A FOODBORNE OUTBREAK OF SALMONELLA-ENTERITIDIS VEHICLED BY DUCK AND HEN EGGS IN SOUTHERN ITALY, The New microbiologica, 21(1), 1998, pp. 93-96
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
The New microbiologica
ISSN journal
11217138
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Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
93 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
1121-7138(1998)21:1<93:AFOOSV>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A foodborne outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis PT4 is described. This
microrganism was detected in a home-made dessert, in the duck and hen
eggs used for its preparation and in faecal samples of six persons inv
olved in the outbreak. PCR ribotyping revealed that all the strains sh
ared a profile of S. enteritidis never previously identified in southe
rn Italy and quite different from that of the strains simultaneously i
solated in the same geographic area. The possible identification of a
clonal variant of S. enteritidis PT4 host-adapted to duck is hypothesi
zed.