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Salmonella food poisoning associated with imported canned meat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. C. S. Burnett  and
B. I. Davies
R. C. S. Burnett
Affiliation:
Assistant Medical Officer, City of Edinburgh
B. I. Davies
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, University of Edinburgh Medical School
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Two outbreaks of salmonella food poisoning are described. In one, involving 55 persons, the infecting organism was Salmonella reading, and in the other, involving 39 persons, S. tennessee. In both, epidemiological and bacteriological evidence pointed to imported cans of cooked meat as the source. The role of contaminated shop equipment in furthering the spread of infection is particularly emphasized.

Attention is drawn to the severity of the symptoms and prolonged excretion of the organism in a number of the patients infected with S. reading.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 1 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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