Volume 10, Number 5—May 2004
Dispatch
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†, and Jeremy Sobel*
, 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†, and Jeremy Sobel*Table
Review of pasteurized milk outbreaks in the United States, 1960–2000
| Date | Location (ref) | Pathogen | Setting | Total no. ill (confirmed) | Mechanism of contamination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1966 |
Florida (8) |
Shigella flexneri type 2 |
Community |
97 (97) |
After pasteurization |
| Jul–Aug 1975 |
Louisiana (9) |
Salmonella Newport |
Military base/community |
49 (49) |
Unknown |
| Sep–Oct 1976 |
New York (10) |
Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 |
School |
38 (38) |
After pasteurization |
| Oct 1978 |
Arizona (11) |
S. Typhimurium |
Community |
23 (23) |
After pasteurization |
| Jun–Jul 1982 |
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi (12) |
Y. enterocolitica O:13, 18 |
Community |
172 (172) |
Unknown |
| Jun–Aug 1983 |
Massachusetts (13) |
Listeria monocytogenes 4b; phage type 2425A |
Community |
49 (40) |
Unknown |
| Apr 1984 |
Kentucky (14) |
S. Typhimurium |
Convent |
16 (16) |
Inadequate pasteurization |
| Mar–Apr 1985 |
Illinois (1) |
S. Typhimurium |
Community |
>150,000 (>16,000) |
After pasteurization |
| Mar–Apr 1986 |
Vermont (15) |
Campylobacter jejuni O:2, 36 |
School |
33 (8) |
Inadequate pasteurization |
| Jul 1994 |
Illinois (2) |
L. monocytogenes 1/2b |
Picnic |
45 (11) |
After pasteurization |
| Oct 1995 |
Vermont, New Hampshire (3) |
Y. enterocolitica O:8 |
Community |
10 (10) |
After pasteurization |
| Mar–Apr 2000 | Pennsylvania, New Jersey | S. Typhimurium, phage type 21, R-type AKSSuT | Community | 93 (93) | After pasteurization |
