Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant <i>Salmonella</i> Heidelberg Infections Linked to Dairy Calf Exposure, United States, 2015-2018.

ABSTRACT: In August 2016, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services notified the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg infections in people who reported contact with dairy calves. Federal and state partners investigated this to identify the source and scope of the outbreak and to prevent further illnesses. Cases were defined as human Salmonella Heidelberg infection caused by a strain that had one of seven pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns or was related by whole genome sequencing (WGS), with illness onset from January 1, 2015, through July 2, 2018. Patient exposure and calf purchase information was collected and analyzed; calves were traced back from the point of purchase. Isolates obtained f

SUBMITTER: Nichols M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9524362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature