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Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
A Foodborne Outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Fried Chicken in Republic of Korea
1Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 187, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungbuk-do, 363-951, Republic of Korea , 2Division of Infectious Disease, Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, 100, Dunsan-ro, Seo-gu, Daejon, 302-789, Republic of Korea, 3Seo-gu Daejon Health Center, 74, Mannyeon-ro, Seo-gu, Daejon, 302-150, Republic of Korea
Received: October 10, 2012; Accepted: October 18, 2012
J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2013; 23(1): 85-87
Published January 28, 2013 https://doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1210.10022
Copyright © The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Abstract
An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus infections occurred
in a university with an enrollment of 80 students in the
city of Daejon, Republic of Korea. All nine S. aureus
isolates from patients (n = 7), staff members (n = 1), and
the fried chicken served as the lunch (n = 1) harbored the
enterotoxin A gene and showed an identical antibioticresistant
profile, PFGE banding pattern (STAS16.001), and
sequence type, ST 6. These results suggested that the
outbreak was associated with eating the fried chicken that
had been handled by an infected staff member. This case
report demonstrated a practical approach to identifying
the source and transmission of an infection.
Keywords
Staphylococcus aureus, outbreak, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST)
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