From pig to pacifier: chitterling-associated yersiniosis outbreak among black infants.
In this case-control study of Yersinia enterocolitica infections among black infants, chitterling preparation was significantly associated with illness (p<0.001). Of 13 samples of chitterlings tested, 2 were positive for Yersinia intermedia and 5 for Salmonella. Decontamination of chitterlings before sale with methods such as irradiation should be strongly considered.
Jones
Timothy F
TF
Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee 37247, USA. tim.f.jones@state.tn.us
Buckingham
Steven C
SC
Bopp
Cheryl A
CA
Ribot
Efrain
E
Schaffner
William
W
D001741:Black or African American; D000818:Animals; D044383:Black People; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008461:Meat Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013552:Swine; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity