Containment of a cheesecake-associated outbreak of salmonellosis in 3 different hospitals, detected by continuous microbiologic surveillance

Am J Infect Control. 2014 Jul;42(7):816-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.013. Epub 2014 May 10.

Authors

Carsten Poetter¹, Gerhard Kunstmann², Daniel Peter³, Frauke Mattner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Le Creusot, France.
² Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Holweide Medizinische Klinik, Köln, Germany.
³ Institut für Hygiene, Klinken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Merheim, Köln, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Institut für Hygiene, Klinken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Merheim, Köln, Germany.

PMID: 24825536
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Disease Outbreaks*
Epidemiological Monitoring*
Female
Food Analysis
Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology*
Foodborne Diseases / prevention & control
Hospitals*
Humans
Infection Control*
Male
Salmonella Infections / epidemiology*
Salmonella Infections / prevention & control