Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Kedougou infection in infants linked to infant formula milk, Spain, 2008

P Soler; S Herrera; J Rodríguez; J Cascante; R Cabral; A Echeita-Sarriondia; S Mateo; Collective on behalf of the National Surveillance Network of Spain

doi:10.2807/ese.13.35.18963-en

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Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Kedougou infection in infants linked to infant formula milk, Spain, 2008
P Soler¹ , S Herrera² , J Rodríguez³ , J Cascante³ , R Cabral³ , A Echeita-Sarriondia² , S Mateo¹ , Collective on behalf of the National Surveillance Network of Spain^1,2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ National Centre of Epidemiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain ² National Centre of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain ³ Spanish Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (PEAC)

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Citation style for this article: Soler P, Herrera S, Rodríguez J, Cascante J, Cabral R, Echeita-Sarriondia A, Mateo S, on behalf of the National Surveillance Network of Spain Collective. Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Kedougou infection in infants linked to infant formula milk, Spain, 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(35):pii=18963. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.35.18963-en Received: 27 Aug 2008

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Abstract

On 5 August 2008, the National Reference Laboratory of Salmonella (NRLS) noted an increase in the number of isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Kedougou. As of 22 August, 29 isolates have been reported during 2008, which is ten times more than the average number of isolates identified by the NRLS during 2002-2007. All isolates have a typical, indistinguishable Pulse Field pattern (SALKEDXB-1, Spanish code) and are fully sensitive to the standard suite of antimicrobials.