Listeriosis outbreak caused by Latin-style fresh cheese, Bizkaia, Spain, August 2012

V de Castro; J M Escudero; J L Rodriguez; N Muniozguren; J Uribarri; D Saez; J Vazquez

doi:10.2807/ese.17.42.20298-en

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Listeriosis outbreak caused by Latin-style fresh cheese, Bizkaia, Spain, August 2012
V de Castro¹ , J M Escudero² , J L Rodriguez¹ , N Muniozguren¹ , J Uribarri³ , D Saez⁴ , J Vazquez⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Unidad de Epidemiología, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain ² Unidad de Sanidad Alimentaria, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain ³ Subárea de Seguridad Alimentaria y Zoonosis del Ayuntamiento de Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain ⁴ Laboratorio Municipal de Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain ⁵ Laboratorio de Referencia de Listeria, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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Citation style for this article: de Castro V, Escudero J M, Rodriguez J L, Muniozguren N, Uribarri J, Saez D, Vazquez J. Listeriosis outbreak caused by Latin-style fresh cheese, Bizkaia, Spain, August 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42):pii=20298. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.42.20298-en Received: 28 Sept 2012

Abstract

Two cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis were detected in Bizkaia, Spain, at the end of August. The epidemiological investigation indicated that these two cases were associated with the consumption of Latin-style fresh cheese made from pasteurised milk in Portugal. Different batches of the same cheese were analysed and confirmed as contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was withdrawn from the market and the population was advised not to consume this kind of cheese.