Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections linked to sweetened puffed wheat cereal – United States, 2018

In May of 2018, PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric pathogens, detected a multistate cluster of illnesses caused by an uncommon molecular subtype of Salmonella serovar Mbandaka. A case was defined as an illness in a person infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Mb...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epidemiology and infection 2022-06, Vol.150, p.e135-e135, Article e135
Hauptverfasser: Keaton, Amelia A., Schwensohn, Colin A., Brandenburg, Joshua M., Pereira, Evelyn, Adcock, Brandon, Tecle, Selam, Hinnenkamp, Rachel, Havens, Jeff, Bailey, Kim, Applegate, Brad, Whitney, Pamela, Gibson, Deborah, Manion, Kathy, Griffin, Michelle, Ritter, Joy, Biskupiak, Carrie, Ajileye, Kadri, Golwalkar, Mugdha, Gosciminski, Michael, Viveiros, Brendalee, Caron, Genevieve, McCullough, Laine, Smith, Lori, Vidyaprakash, Eshaw, Doyle, Matthew, Hardy, Cerise, Elliot, Elisa L., Gieraltowski, Laura B.
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Zusammenfassung:In May of 2018, PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric pathogens, detected a multistate cluster of illnesses caused by an uncommon molecular subtype of Salmonella serovar Mbandaka. A case was defined as an illness in a person infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Mbandaka with illness onset on or after 3 March 2018 and before 1 September 2018. One-hundred thirty-six cases from 36 states were identified; 35 hospitalisations and no deaths were reported. Ill people ranged in age from
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S095026882200108X