Published Date: 2003-12-10 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis, hospital - Slovakia (Bratislava)
Archive Number: 20031210.3033

SALMONELLOSIS, HOSPITAL - SLOVAKIA (BRATISLAVA)
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Source: New York Newsday 10 Dec 2003 [edited]
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-slovakia-salmonella,0,700786.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>

Patients, Nurse Diagnosed with Salmonella
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At least 30 patients and a nurse at a hospital in central Slovakia have
been diagnosed with salmonella, a news agency reported Tue, 9 Dec
2003. Another 90 patients have symptoms of the disease, but their test
results were not yet available, the state-run news agency TASR reported.
The infection was most likely caused by a hospital meal that contained eggs
that had not been properly cooked, said Maria Avdicova, an official with
the State Health Institute in Banska Bystrica, the city where the hospital
is located.
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[Moral of the story: always cook your eggs. Salmonellosis is not an
infection that you want to spread nosocomially, as the elderly, debilitated
hospital denizens are exactly the group with higher morbidity and mortality
from this infection. I used to work in a Medical Center (that shall remain
nameless) that never served egg salad -- to prevent such an outbreak. I
always thought that good kitchen technique would work just as well. - Mod.LL]

See Also

Salmonellosis, school outbreak - USA (Alaska) (02) 20031114.2819
Salmonellosis, school outbreak - USA (AK) 20031112.2806
Salmonella kiambu, beef jerky - USA (NM) (03) 20031003.2487
Salmonella kiambu, beef jerky - USA (New Mexico) 20030930.2462
Salmonella bareilly - UK (03) 20030907.2233
Salmonella bareilly outbreak - UK 20030828.2168
Salmonellosis, restaurant related - Greece 20030810.1975
Salmonellosis, restaurant related - USA (IL) 20030709.1682
Salmonellosis, hospital related - USA (MO) 20030702.1629
Salmonellosis, foodborne - UK (England), USA (NM) 20030626.1578
Salmonellosis, sesame seed prod. - Australia (NSW) 20030407.0847
Salmonellosis, effect of ethanol, 2002 - Portugal 20030328.0775
Salmonellosis, alfalfa sprouts: background 20030317.0665
Salmonellosis, alfalfa sprouts - USA (NW): recall 20030316.0662
Salmonellosis, raw milk - USA (Ohio) (03) 20030204.0308
Salmonellosis, raw milk - USA (Ohio) 20030105.0033
2002
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Salmonella poona, cantaloupes - USA, Canada (02) 20021123.5884
Salmonella enteritidis PT 14b - UK (England) (03) 20021102.5692
Salmonella enteritidis PT 14b - UK (England) 20021007.5491
Salmonellosis, pastry - Spain (Catalonia) 20020701.4646
Salmonella, peanuts - Canada: recall 20020609.4450
Salmonella poona, cantaloupes - USA, Canada: recall 20020512.4181
Salmonella newport, cheese - USA (Calif.):alert 20020401.3855
Salmonella oranienburg outbreak - Canada 20020124.3370
2001
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Salmonella, birds, humans - New Zealand 20011225.3113
S. typhimurium DT104 - Netherlands:2000-2001 20011216.3048
Salmonellosis, tourists - Norway ex Greece 20010927.2365
Salmonella stanley, peanuts - Australia: recall 20010911.2189
Salmonellosis - Australia (Queensland) 20010901.2088
Salmonellosis - Denmark (02) 20010828.2039
Salmonella typhimurium DT104 - Australia, Europe 20010822.1980
Salmonella typhimurium DT104 - Australia, Sweden (03) 20010817.1943
Salmonellosis - Denmark: RFI 20010817.1942
S. typhimurium DT104 - Australia, Sweden: recall 20010730.1494
Salmonellosis, salad - UK (England) 20010630.1248
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