Frontiers in Microbiology (Jul 2023)
Campylobacter fetus foodborne illness outbreak in the elderly
- Gaspard Grouteau,
- Cédric Mignonat,
- Bruno Marchou,
- Guillaume Martin-Blondel,
- Guillaume Martin-Blondel,
- Olivier Glass,
- Claire Roubaud-Baudron,
- Claire Roubaud-Baudron,
- Pauline Lansalot-Matras,
- Simon Alik,
- Laurent Balardy,
- Thomas De Nadaï,
- Lucie Bénéjat,
- Quentin Jehanne,
- Alain Le Coustumier,
- Philippe Lehours,
- Philippe Lehours
Affiliations
- Gaspard Grouteau
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Tarbes-Lourdes, Lourdes, France
- Cédric Mignonat
- Rehabilitation Center, L'Arbizon, Bagnères de Bigorre, France
- Bruno Marchou
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Tarbes-Lourdes, Lourdes, France
- Guillaume Martin-Blondel
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Guillaume Martin-Blondel
- Institut Toulousain des Maladies Infectieuses et Inflammatoires (Infinity) INSERM UMR1291—CNRS UMR5051—Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
- Olivier Glass
- Cellule de veille d'alerte et de gestion sanitaire, Agence Régionale de Santé Occitanie, Toulouse, France
- Claire Roubaud-Baudron
- Pôle de Gérontologie Clinique, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Claire Roubaud-Baudron
- Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, BRIC U1312, INSERM, Université de Bordeaux, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Pauline Lansalot-Matras
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Tarbes-Lourdes, Lourdes, France
- Simon Alik
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Tarbes-Lourdes, Lourdes, France
- Laurent Balardy
- Gerontopole of Toulouse, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Thomas De Nadaï
- Gerontopole of Toulouse, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Lucie Bénéjat
- National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Quentin Jehanne
- National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Alain Le Coustumier
- 0Bacteriology Department, Centre Hospitalier Tarbes-Lourdes, Tarbes, France
- Philippe Lehours
- Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, BRIC U1312, INSERM, Université de Bordeaux, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Philippe Lehours
- National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1194243
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14
Abstract
In June 2021, a cluster of seven cases of Campylobacter fetus infections occurred in a rehabilitation center and caused significant morbidity in elderly patients including five with bacteremia and two with osteoarticular medical device infections. The genetic identity identified by whole genome sequencing of the different Campylobacter fetus strains confirms a common source. This foodborne illness outbreak may have resulted from the consumption of unpasteurized dairy products, such as a cow's raw milk cheese resulting from a farm-to-fork strategy.
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