OUTBREAKS

Authors: Naseer, Umaer1 Umaer.Naseer@fagmed.uit.no

Natås, Olav B.2,3

Haldorsen, Bjørg C.1

Bue, Berit3

Grundt, Heidi4

Walsh, Timothy R.5

Sundsfjord, Arnfinn1 arnfinns@fagmed.uit.no.

Source: APMIS; Feb2007, Vol. 115 Issue 2, p120-126, 7p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts.

Document Type: Article.

Seven patients with samples from the kidney, lungs, and urinary showed that they were having 3rd generation cephalosporin’s (antibiotic) resistance. The seven patients that were in the hospital were let go from the Divisions of Geriatrics and Pulmonary Medicine, Central Hospital of Rogaland, sometime between July and September 2004.A genotype found in six strains that were showed resistance to the following medication; gentamicin, nitrofurantoin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin. More research also showed that two people tested positive for E. coli urinary infections, which was the same the strain from two other different patients in the same area in both January and February 2004. The following patients that were dealing with that outbreak were later taken back into medical care. Test's that were ran showed that one of the E.Coli strains that a patient had was something that helped kill three of the patients. These three deaths occurred because of the deficiency of antimicrobial therapy. Antimicrobial therapy is an antimicrobial substance that kills or stunts the growth of microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, or protozoans.

Authors: Guh, Alice1, 2 ggt4@cdc.gov

Quyen Phan2

Nelson, Randall2

Purviance, Katherine2

Milardo, Elaine3

Kinney, Stacey2

Mshar, Patricia2

Kasacek, Wayne4

Cartter, Matthew2.

Author Affiliations: 1Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 2Connecticut Department of Public Health, 3Farmington Valley Health District, Avon, Connecticut, 4Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Hartford.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 12/15/2010, Vol. 51 Issue 12, p1411-1417, 7p, four Charts, one Graph.

Document Type: Article.

Got Milk!? Well in Connecticut, they had milk but the milk was the wrong kind of milk. The milk you did not want to purchase for any reason ever. It would be in July 2008 that two children caught E.Coli 0157 after they drinking milk that was purchased at a retail market. This milk was raw milk, raw milk itself has its own worries itself, one being, E.Coli. The outbreak caused things like diarrheal illness for the people that were customers here at this retail market. Stool specimens of both humans and animals were taken and tested for E.Coli 0157. Out of the 14 cases that were identified only half of them were confirmed. Out of the seven cases, five of them were such a danger that they required the patients to seek medical attention and stay in the hospital. Luckily, no deaths were reported from this outbreak that happened. One milking cow also had E.Coli, the issue here was there was no rule against raw milk's distribution allowing animals to spread E.Coli easy and people catch and spread the E.Coli well after drinking and being around the animals. The increase of raw milk testing for pathogens is something that is was a result from this incident, also to prohibit nonfarm retail sales as well.

Authors: McCartney G; Cowden J; Murray S; Ahmed S.

Author Address: Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Gerry@sphsu.mrc.ac.uk.

Source: Epidemiology and Infection [Epidemiology Infect] 2010 Oct; Vol. 138 (10), pp. 1439-42. Date of Electronic Publication:

2010 Feb 10

Publication Type: Journal Article.

Journal Information: Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8703737 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium:

Numerous foodborne outbreaks in retail stores! In 2007, there was an outbreak of E.Coli 0157, which is the strain that is found in foods! The outbreak was in Paisley, Scotland and was connected to meat that was not prepared from a supermarket as best as it should have. The item that wasn't handled correctly was beef this time rather than other foods that can carry E.Coli such as lettuce, spinach or other various types of meats. When things like this occur before a store says there's E.Coli in our store! They go about using a precaution method basically stating be careful because there's a chance E.Coli can be here in this item or items. So before the store said that the beef is the issue that you should watch out for they just used a precaution method.