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Novosad SA, Vasquez AM, Nambiar A, Arduino MJ, Christensen E, Moulton‐Meissner H, Keckler MS, Miller J, Perz JF, Lockhart SR, Chiller T, Gould C, Sehulster L, Brandt ME, Weber JT, Halpin AL, Mody RK. Notes From the Field: Probable Mucormycosis Among Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at an Acute Care Hospital — Pennsylvania, 2014–2015. Am J Transplant 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S. A. Novosad
- Epidemic Intelligence Service CDC Atlanta GA
- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Epidemic Intelligence Service CDC Atlanta GA
- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Pennsylvania Department of Health Harrisburg PA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
- Laboratory Leadership Service CDC Atlanta GA
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- CDC Career Epidemiology Field Officer assigned to Pennsylvania Department of Health Harrisburg PA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases CDC Atlanta GA
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Jackson KA, Stroika S, Katz LS, Beal J, Brandt E, Nadon C, Reimer A, Major B, Conrad A, Tarr C, Jackson BR, Mody RK. Use of Whole Genome Sequencing and Patient Interviews To Link a Case of Sporadic Listeriosis to Consumption of Prepackaged Lettuce. J Food Prot 2016; 79:806-9. [PMID: 27296429 PMCID: PMC4910634 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-15-384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
We report on a case of listeriosis in a patient who probably consumed a prepackaged romaine lettuce-containing product recalled for Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Although definitive epidemiological information demonstrating exposure to the specific recalled product was lacking, the patient reported consumption of a prepackaged romaine lettuce-containing product of either the recalled brand or a different brand. A multinational investigation found that patient and food isolates from the recalled product were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and were highly related by whole genome sequencing, differing by four alleles by whole genome multilocus sequence typing and by five high-quality single nucleotide polymorphisms, suggesting a common source. To our knowledge, this is the first time prepackaged lettuce has been identified as a likely source for listeriosis. This investigation highlights the power of whole genome sequencing, as well as the continued need for timely and thorough epidemiological exposure data to identify sources of foodborne infections.
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- K A Jackson
- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA.
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, USA
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- Ohio Department of Health Laboratory, 8995 East Main Street, Building 22, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068, USA
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3R2
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3R2
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- Greater Toronto Area Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2301 Midland Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1P 4R7
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA; Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Suite 355, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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Luna-Gierke RE, Wymore K, Sadlowski J, Clogher P, Gierke RW, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Palmer A, Medus C, Nicholson C, McGuire S, Martin H, Garman K, Griffin PM, Mody RK. Multiple-aetiology enteric infections involving non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli--FoodNet, 2001-2010. Zoonoses Public Health 2014; 61:492-8. [PMID: 24484079 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We describe multiple-aetiology infections involving non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) identified through laboratory-based surveillance in nine FoodNet sites from 2001 to 2010. A multiple-aetiology infection (MEI) was defined as isolation of non-O157 STEC and laboratory evidence of any of the other nine pathogens under surveillance or isolation of >1 non-O157 STEC serogroup from the same person within a 7-day period. We compared exposures of patients with MEI during 2001-2010 with those of patients with single-aetiology non-O157 STEC infections (SEI) during 2008-2009 and with those of the FoodNet population from a survey conducted during 2006-2007. In total, 1870 non-O157 STEC infections were reported; 68 (3.6%) were MEI; 60 included pathogens other than non-O157 STEC; and eight involved >1 serogroup of non-O157 STEC. Of the 68 MEI, 21 (31%) were part of six outbreaks. STEC O111 was isolated in 44% of all MEI. Of patients with MEI, 50% had contact with farm animals compared with 29% (P < 0.01) of persons with SEI; this difference was driven by infections involving STEC O111. More patients with non-outbreak-associated MEI reported drinking well water (62%) than respondents in a population survey (19%) (P < 0.01). Drinking well water and having contact with animals may be important exposures for MEI, especially those involving STEC O111.
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- R E Luna-Gierke
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Viswanathan R, Prasad M, Thakur AK, Sinha SP, Prakash N, Mody RK, Singh TR, Prasad SN. Epidemiology of asthma in an urban population. A random morbidity survey. J Indian Med Assoc 1966; 46:480-3. [PMID: 5915376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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