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Excretion of Yersinia spp. associated with consumption of pasteurized milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. H. Greenwood  and
W. L. Hooper
M. H. Greenwood
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Poole General Hospital, Poole BH15 2JB
W. L. Hooper
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Poole General Hospital, Poole BH15 2JB
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Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1, serotype O.10K was isolated from 19 patients in the paediatric wards of a district general hospital over a period of 3 months. Fifteen cases were patients on the medical ward. Shortly afterwards. Y. enterocolitica biotype 1, serotype 0.6,30 was isolated from a further 17 patients on this ward in 1 month. The same serotypes of Y. enterocolitica were isolated from the pasteurized milk supplied to the ward. Epidemiological evidence indicated that contaminated pasteurized milk was the source of the yersinia organisms exereted by the patients.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 104 , Issue 3 , June 1990 , pp. 345 - 350
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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