Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2004)

Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium Infection from Milk Contaminated after Pasteurization

  • Sonja J. Olsen,
  • Michelle Ying,
  • Meghan F. Davis,
  • Marshall P. Deasy,
  • Ben Holland,
  • Larry Iampietro,
  • C. Michael Baysinger,
  • Frances Sassano,
  • Lewis D. Polk,
  • Betty Gormley,
  • Mary Jane Hung,
  • Keith Pilot,
  • Maria Orsini,
  • Susan Van Duyne,
  • Shelley Rankin,
  • Carol Genese,
  • Eddy A. Bresnitz,
  • Joseph Smucker,
  • Maria Moll,
  • Jeremy Sobel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030484
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 5
pp. 932 – 935

Abstract

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An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium infections occurred in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A case-control study implicated pasteurized milk from a dairy, and an inspection indicated the potential for contamination after pasteurization. Dairy cattle are the likely reservoir, and milk may be an important vehicle of Salmonella transmission to humans.

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