Listeriosis cluster in Sydney linked to hospital food

Med J Aust. 2015 May 4;202(8):448-9. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00913.

Authors

Zeina Najjar¹, Leena Gupta², Vitali Sintchenko³, Craig Shadbolt⁴, Qinning Wang⁵, Narinder Bansal⁶

Affiliations

¹ Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit, Sydney, NSW, Australia. zeina.najjar@sswahs.nsw.gov.au.
² Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ NSW Food Authority, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁶ NSW Forensic and Analytical Science Services, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 25929511
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00913

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Australia / epidemiology
Cluster Analysis
Food Contamination
Food Service, Hospital*
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
Listeriosis / epidemiology*
Listeriosis / microbiology
Listeriosis / transmission