title: A foodborne outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus associated with fried chicken in Republic of Korea.
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.
authors: Division 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.
authors: Ji-Yeon
authors: JY
authors: Hyeon
authors: Gyung-Tae
authors: GT
authors: Chung
authors: Sun-Hye
authors: SH
authors: Bing
authors: Kyung-Sook
authors: KS
authors: Kwon
authors: Hyeon-Hee
authors: HH
authors: Lee
authors: Soo-Jin
authors: SJ
authors: Kim
authors: Se-Eun
authors: SE
authors: Jeon
authors: Yeon-Ho
authors: YH
authors: Kang
authors: Junyoung
authors: J
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal