An outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections on an oil tanker.
In January 2002, an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections occured on 'Asirat', an oil tanker, during its return test voyage from Split, Croatia to Trieste, Italy. Of the 120 crewmembers and workers 22 (18%) suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms. In 17 patients Y. enterocolitica O:3 was isolated from stool samples. All available food and water samples were negative and the source of infection was not determined. Probably a foodborne transmission was involved, although person to person transmission could not be excluded.
Babić-Erceg
Andrea
A
Department of Microbiology, Public Health Institute of Split and Dalmatia County, Split, Croatia. merceg@bsb.mefst.hr
Klismanić
Zoran
Z
Erceg
Marijan
M
Tandara
Danica
D
Smoljanović
Mladen
M
D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012767:Ships; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination