Field epidemiological investigation on a foodborne outbreak caused by Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin, in Hangzhou, 2014

VernacularTitle:杭州市2014年一起金黄色葡萄球菌肠毒素所致食源性疾病暴发调查
Author: Liming HUANG ¹ ; Lianxin HU ; Hua YU ; Shuchang CHEN ; Chunping HUANG ; Hui LIU
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1. 310021,杭州市疾病预防控制中心营养与食品安全所
Keywords: Food poisoning; Staphylococcus aureus; Enterotoxin; Vomiting
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2017;38(12):1642-1644
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To identify the cause on a foodbome breakout in a university of Hangzhou in 2014.Methods Data on cases were gathered from the out-patient logs of the university affiliated or neighboring hospitals to describe the disease distribution and epidemiological curves.Case-control and field studies on hazard factors were conducted simultaneously.Results The incubation period was 1.5-5.0 hours,of which the median was 3 during the outbreak.All the cases consumed food from a restaurant called Chen's Snacks nearby their university and suffered from the Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin.Results from the Staphylococcus enterotoxin testing were positive in 3 stool and 6 food samples,out of the total 18 samples.Conclusion This foodborne outbreak was caused through food poisoning by vermicelli which was contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus.