Long-lasting Campylobacter jejuni contamination of milk associated with gastrointestinal illness in a farming family.
This report describes an outbreak of gastroenteritis of 5 months' duration in a farming family, associated with the consumption of unpasteurized cows' milk, where Campylobacter jejuni was implicated. A total of six individuals in the family acquired the illness, and two had several episodes of diarrhoea within the 5-month period. Identical PFGE genotypes of C. jejuni were isolated from human and bovine faeces, and bulk tank milk samples. Incompletely sealed rubber liners fitted to a milking machine shortly before the outbreak started was the probable reason, allowing faecal material to contaminate the milk over the period concerned.
Schildt
M
M
Department of Food and Environment Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University, Finland.
Savolainen
S
S
Hänninen
M-L
ML
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D003612:Dairying; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005192:Family Health; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*