Outbreak of human listeriosis associated with tomme cheese in northwest Switzerland, 2005

J Bille; D S Blanc; H Schmid; K Boubaker; A Baumgartner; H H Siegrist; M L Tritten; R Lienhard; D Berner; R Anderau; M Treboux; J M Ducommun; R Malinverni; D Genné; P Erard; U Waespi

doi:10.2807/esm.11.06.00633-en

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Outbreak of human listeriosis associated with tomme cheese in northwest Switzerland, 2005
J Bille¹ , D S Blanc¹ , H Schmid² , K Boubaker² , A Baumgartner³ , H H Siegrist³ , M L Tritten³ , R Lienhard³ , D Berner⁴ , R Anderau⁴ , M Treboux⁵ , J M Ducommun⁵ , R Malinverni⁶ , D Genné⁶ , P Erard⁶ , U Waespi⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ National Reference Centre for Listeriosis (CNRL), Lausanne Switzerland ² Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (SFOPH), Bern, Switzerland ³ Institut Neuchâtelois de Microbiologie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland ⁴ Service cantonal de la santé publique, Neuchâtel, Switzerland ⁵ Service de la consommation, Neuchâtel, Switzerland ⁶ Hôpitaux Canton de Neuchâtel, Switzerland ⁷ COOP, Central laboratory, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Bille J, Blanc D S, Schmid H, Boubaker K, Baumgartner A, Siegrist H H, Tritten M L, Lienhard R, Berner D, Anderau R, Treboux M, Ducommun J M, Malinverni R, Genné D, Erard P, Waespi U. Outbreak of human listeriosis associated with tomme cheese in northwest Switzerland, 2005. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(6):pii=633. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.11.06.00633-en

Abstract

During an eight week period in spring 2005, 10 cases of listeriosis were reported in a small area of northwest Switzerland (150 000 inhabitants). Eight cases were in older immunocompromised patients who became ill with bacteraemia (three deaths), and two cases were in pregnant women who had septic abortion.