Salmonella Typhimurium outbreaks in the Netherlands in 2008

Y Doorduyn; A Hofhuis; C M de Jager; W K van der Zwaluw; D W Notermans; W van Pelt

doi:10.2807/ese.13.44.19026-en

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Salmonella Typhimurium outbreaks in the Netherlands in 2008
Y Doorduyn¹ , A Hofhuis¹ , C M de Jager¹ , W K van der Zwaluw² , D W Notermans² , W van Pelt¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Epidemiology and Surveillance, Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu – RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands ² Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu – RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Doorduyn Y, Hofhuis A, de Jager C M, van der Zwaluw W K, Notermans D W, van Pelt W. Salmonella Typhimurium outbreaks in the Netherlands in 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(44):pii=19026. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.44.19026-en Received: 28 Oct 2008

Abstract

A large, countrywide outbreak due to multi-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium phage type DT104 is ongoing in the Netherlands, with 152 cases as of 20 October. Pilot interviews did not suggest any specific source of infection but a hypothesis pointing to pork products has been formulated and a large case-control study is under way. Earlier this year two other oubtreaks due to S. Typhimurium were detected and investigated, the first (DT15A) linked to a particular brand of cream cheese, the other (Dutch phage type ft507) to a local butcher.