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ArticleJournal of food protection2023

Foodborne Outbreak of Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase Producing Shigella sonnei Associated with Contaminated Spring Onions in the United Kingdom.

Claire Jenkins, Philippa Griffith, Ann Hoban, Claire Brown, Joanna Garner, Megan Bardsley, Caroline Willis, Frieda Jorgensen, Matthew Bird, David R Greig and 4 more

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Article in Journal of food protection, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The Tomato Variety Affects the Survival ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  3. Imported spring onions related to the first recorded outbreak of enteroinvasiveEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Claire JenkinsGastro and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, NW9 5AT, UK. Electronic address: claire.jenkins1@ukhsa.gov.uk.
Philippa GriffithWest Midlands Health Protection Team, UK Health Security Agency, UK.
Ann HobanGastro and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, NW9 5AT, UK.
Claire BrownField Service South West, UK Health Security Agency, UK.
Joanna GarnerField Service South West, UK Health Security Agency, UK.
Megan BardsleyField Service South West, UK Health Security Agency, UK.
Caroline WillisFood Water and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Porton, UK Health Security Agency, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK.
Frieda JorgensenFood Water and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Porton, UK Health Security Agency, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK.
Matthew BirdGastro and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, NW9 5AT, UK.
David R GreigGastro and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, NW9 5AT, UK.
Matt EdmundsField Service South West, UK Health Security Agency, UK.
Charles BeckField Service South West, UK Health Security Agency, UK.
Lesley LarkinGastro and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, NW9 5AT, UK.
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globalization of the food supply chain has created conditions favorable for emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) foodborne pathogens. In November 2021, the UK Health Security Agency detected an outbreak of 17 cases infected with the same strain of MDR extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Shigella sonnei. Phylogenetic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data revealed the outbreak was closely related to strains of S. sonnei isolated from travelers returning to the UK from Egypt. None of the outbreak cases reported travel and all 17 cases reported eating food from a restaurant/food outlet in the week prior to symptom onset, of which 11/17 (64.7%) ate at branches of the same national restaurant franchise. All 17 cases were adults and 14/17 (82.4%) were female. Ingredient-level analyses of the meals consumed by the cases identified spring onions as the common ingredient. Food chain investigations revealed that the spring onions served at the implicated restaurants could be traced back to a single Egyptian producer. The foodborne transmission of ESBL-producing bacteria is an emerging global health concern, and concerted action from all stakeholders is required to ensure an effective response to mitigate the risks to public health.

Indexed as

Dysentery, BacillaryShigella sonneiAdultAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesDisease OutbreaksFemaleHumansMaleOnionsPhylogenyUnited KingdomAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesExtended spectrum beta-lactamaseFoodborne shigellosisFood of nonanimal originShigella sonnei

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PMID37030629
PMCPMC10230325

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