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SALMONELLOSIS, HOTEL - ITALY: (BRESCIA), BACKGROUND
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Date: Thu 26 Jun 2008
Source: Gideon Online [edited]
A recent outbreak of suspected salmonellosis among British travelers
at a hotel in Italy highlights the risk for such infections among
tourists, expatriates and similar groups in transit through foreign
countries. The following chronology of similar episodes is abstracted
from Gideon [Primary references available on request]:
1976 - An outbreak (550 cases) of _Salmonella [enterica_ serotype]
Typhimurium infection affecting 4 international air flights (Las
Palmas-Helsinki, Las Palmas-Honover) was caused by contaminated
mayonnaise prepared in Spain.
1985 - An outbreak (168 cases) of _S._ Minnesota infection was
reported at a Filipino workers camp in Saudi Arabia.
1988 - An outbreak (20 cases) of _S._ Enteritidis infection among
tourists from Northern Ireland to Madeira was associated with eggs.
1989 - An outbreak (71 cases) of _S._ Enteritidis infection in Spain
and Finland was caused by contamination of cold food items served on
a commercial airline flight.
1993 - An outbreak (55 cases) of salmonellosis was reported at a USA
Army child care center in Germany.
1996 to 1998 - Outbreaks (11 cases in 2 outbreaks) of _S._
Shwarzengrund infection among nursing home patients in the USA were
traced to an index patient from the Philippines.
1996 - An outbreak of at least 19 cases of _S._ Enteritidis infection
among British tourists was ascribed to lasagna eaten in another
country.
1997 - An outbreak of _S._ Livingstone infection was reported in
Western Europe - several of the cases were acquired abroad, notably
in Tunisia.
1998 - An outbreak (47 cases) of _S._ Blockley infection was reported
in the UK - foreign travel and consumption of smoked eel were
implicated.
1999 - An outbreak (275 cases) of _S._ Paratyphi B infection was
reported among European tourists who visited Turkey during the summer
of 1999.
1999 - An outbreak (24 confirmed, 15 suspect cases) of _S._
Enteritidis infection was reported among Canadian travelers to the
Dominican Republic.
2001 - An outbreak (303 cases) of _S._ Enteritidis anaerogenic PT
[phage type] 14b infection was reported among Norwegian, Finish and
Swedish tourists returning from Crete and Karpathos. The probable
source was contaminated poultry.
2001 - An outbreak (19 cases) of _S._ Enteritidis PT4 infection was
reported among Finnish tourists to Riga (Latvia) - the incriminated
food was cake with raw egg cream.
2002 - An outbreak (352 cases) of _S._ Enteritidis and _S._ Hadar
infection ascribed to chicken was reported among passengers on a
ferry traveling between Sweden and Poland.
2003 - An outbreak (62 cases) of salmonellosis associated with a
restaurant affected a German rowing team in Greece.
2004 - An outbreak (86 cases) of _S._ Enteritidis PT4 infection was
reported aboard a German tourist ship docked in Scotland.
2004 - An outbreak (30 cases) of _S._ Livingstone infection was
reported among German tourists at a hotel in Sousse, Tunisia.
2005 - An outbreak (178 cases) of _S._ Goldcoast infection in Majorca
affected tourists from Scotland (37), Ireland (6), Sweden (6), Norway
(8), Denmark (3), Germany (20) and Finland (4).
2005 - An outbreak (34 cases) of _S._ Typhimurium infection was
reported among American students visiting Australia.
2007 - An outbreak (56 cases) of salmonellosis related to
contaminated spaghetti at a hotel in Spain involved tourists from
France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Czech Republic and Albania.
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Communicated by:
Dr. Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
[ProMED thanks Steve Berger for his continuing support of ProMED. - Mod.LL]
[see also:
Foodborne illness, hotel - Italy (02): (Brescia), salmonellosis 20080626.1974
Foodborne illness, hotel - Italy: (Brescia), RFI 20080625.1965
2007
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Salmonellosis, serotype Enteritidis, hotel lunch - EU ex Spain 20071019.3415
Norovirus, hotel - Dominican Republic (02) 20070817.2694
Norovirus, hotel - Dominican Republic 20070814.2652
2005
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Food poisoning, hotel - Argentina (Buenos Aires province) 20051103.3219
2004
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Food poisoning, hotel restaurant - China (HK) 20040713.1880]
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