Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis caused by Listeria monocytogenes in cold-smoked rainbow trout

M K Miettinen; A Siitonen; P Heiskanen; H Haajanen; K J Björkroth; H J Korkeala

doi:10.1128/JCM.37.7.2358-2360.1999

Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis caused by Listeria monocytogenes in cold-smoked rainbow trout

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Jul;37(7):2358-60. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.7.2358-2360.1999.

Authors

M K Miettinen¹, A Siitonen, P Heiskanen, H Haajanen, K J Björkroth, H J Korkeala

Affiliation

¹ Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. msjoman@vetmed.helsinki.fi

Abstract

Febrile gastroenteritis in five healthy persons was associated with the consumption of vacuum-packed cold-smoked rainbow trout containing Listeria monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes isolates from the incriminated fish product lot and the stool samples were all of serotype 1/2a and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis employing AscI and SmaI.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks*
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Fever
Finland / epidemiology
Food Handling
Food Microbiology*
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
Gastroenteritis / microbiology
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes / classification
Listeria monocytogenes / genetics*
Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
Listeriosis / epidemiology*
Listeriosis / microbiology
Listeriosis / transmission*
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology / methods
Oncorhynchus mykiss / microbiology*
Serotyping