| an outbreak of salmonella enterica serotype litchfield infection in australia linked to consumption of contaminated papaya. | an outbreak of 26 cases of salmonella litchfield infection occurred in the states of western australia and queensland between october 2006 and january 2007. a case-control study was conducted with 12 cases and 24 controls, and a significant association was found between illness and consumption of papaya (odds ratio, 32.8; 95% confidence interval, 2.71 to 883.5). papaya samples were collected from 26 stores in western australia, and 9 of 38 samples were contaminated with salmonella litchfield. th ... | 2009 | 19517740 |
| salmonella in chicken meat, eggs and humans; adelaide, south australia, 2008. | varieties of salmonella enterica are the second most commonly notified causes of gastroenteritis in australia. outbreaks of salmonella infection are commonly linked to food, particularly foods containing chicken meat and eggs. a number of european countries have introduced interventions based on salmonella surveillance systems in the food industry and these have led to subsequent decreases in notification rates in humans. a descriptive case-series of human salmonella infections notified in metro ... | 2011 | 21429610 |
| longitudinal prevalence, faecal shedding and molecular characterisation of campylobacter spp. and salmonella enterica in sheep. | faecal excretion of campylobacter spp. and salmonella enterica in sheep in australia was determined using a quantitative multiplex pcr (qpcr) targeting the campylobacter spp. purine biosynthesis gene (pura) and the s. enterica outer membrane protein (ompf). the mutiplex qpcr was specific and campylobacter spp. and s. enterica were each detected with a sensitivity of 5 organisms/µl faecal dna extract. this multiplex qpcr was used to determine the prevalence and concentration of campylobacter spp. ... | 2014 | 25175721 |
| use of aflp and pfge to discriminate between salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium dt126 isolates from separate food-related outbreaks in australia. | in 2001 salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium definitive phage-type (dt) 126 was isolated at higher frequency in australia compared to other s. typhimurium phage types and in comparison to previous years. associated with this increase was the implication of this phage type in a number of food-related outbreaks. we compared fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (faflp) to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge), the current 'gold standard' for molecular typing of salmonella for the ... | 2005 | 16050508 |
| an outbreak of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium (s. typhimurium) phage type 135a in the greater murray. | | 2003 | 14552311 |
| salmonella enterica isolated from infections in australian livestock remain susceptible to critical antimicrobials. | salmonella enterica is a zoonotic pathogen causing a variety of diseases in humans and animals. many countries are reporting an increase in the prevalence of multidrug-resistant (mdr) s. enterica in food animals. the aim of this study was to determine whether s. enterica isolated from livestock in new south wales, australia, have similar resistance traits to those reported internationally. salmonella enterica (n=165) from clinical infections in food animals between 2007 and 2011 were serotyped a ... | 2014 | 24314826 |
| mlva and phage typing as complementary tools in the epidemiological investigation of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium clusters. | in south australia serotyping and phage typing are employed for routine salmonella surveillance. molecular techniques such as multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (mlva) are increasingly utilized to aid outbreak investigations. during 2007 three salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium outbreaks involving phage types dt9, dt29, and dt44 were investigated. human, food and environmental isolates were also typed by mlva. in the dt9 outbreak cluster mlva demonstrated distinct groupin ... | 2010 | 21104081 |
| a multi-state outbreak of salmonella saintpaul in australia associated with cantaloupe consumption. | a multi-state outbreak of salmonella enterica serovar saintpaul infection occurred in australia during october 2006. a case-control study conducted in three affected jurisdictions, new south wales, victoria and australian capital territory, included 36 cases with the outbreak-specific strain of s. saintpaul identified by multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (mlva) in a faecal specimen and 106 controls. consumption of cantaloupe (rockmelon) was strongly associated with illness (a ... | 2009 | 18559128 |
| antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal salmonella isolates from egg layer flocks and egg shells. | this study was conducted to examine the antimicrobial resistance (amr) of salmonella spp. isolated from commercial caged layer flocks in new south wales and south australia. all salmonella isolates (n=145) were subjected to phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of amr and carriage of integrons. the majority of salmonella isolates (91.72%) were susceptible to all antimicrobials tested in this study. limited resistance was observed to amoxicillin and ampicillin (5.51%), tetracycline (4.13%), c ... | 2015 | 25770430 |