Foodborne outbreak and nonmotile Salmonella enterica variant, France

Simon Le Hello; Anne Brisabois; Marie Accou-Demartin; Adeline Josse; Muriel Marault; Sylvie Francart; Nathalie Jourdan Da Silva; François-Xavier Weill

doi:10.3201/eid1801.110450

Foodborne outbreak and nonmotile Salmonella enterica variant, France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;18(1):132-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1801.110450.

Authors

Simon Le Hello¹, Anne Brisabois, Marie Accou-Demartin, Adeline Josse, Muriel Marault, Sylvie Francart, Nathalie Jourdan Da Silva, François-Xavier Weill

Affiliation

¹ Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. slehello@pasteur.fr

Abstract

We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations.

MeSH terms

Animals
Chickens
Disease Outbreaks*
Eggs / microbiology
Female
Food Microbiology
Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology*
Foodborne Diseases / microbiology*
France / epidemiology
Humans
Poultry Diseases / epidemiology
Poultry Diseases / microbiology
Salmonella Infections / epidemiology*
Salmonella Infections / microbiology*
Salmonella typhimurium / classification
Salmonella typhimurium / genetics*
Serotyping