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Last updated January 1, 2014

Drug-Resistant Salmonella Serotypes Found

Salmonella, Drug Resistant Strain - UK/USA
CDPC E-mail Service - April 11, 1997

A strain of Salmonella that killed 10 persons in Britain in 1994 and has proved resistant to common antibiotics has reached the United States. Salmonella typhimurium DT104, discovered in the United Kingdom in 1984, caused an outbreak among 19 children in Nebraska in October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. It is the first U.S. outbreak linked to that strain, according to the CDC, which is trying to pinpoint the source. The CDC found that this strain is resistant to ampicillin and tetracycline, which are commonly used to treat salmonellosis. The drugs trimethoprim and fluoroquinolones are being used to treat these infections in Britain, but the bacteria are becoming resistant to them as well. The strain is the second most common type of salmonella in the United Kingdom.

Antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella in milk
Houston Chronicle, as posted on the Iguanas Mailing List

Atlanta - "A strain of Salmonella bacteria that killed 10 people in Britain in 1994 and has proved resistant to common antibiotics has reached the United States.

Salmonella typhimurium DT104, discovered in the United Kingdom in 1984, caused an outbreak among 19 children in Nebraska in October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The Children suffered diarrhea, nausea and fever.

Of the 19 children, 18 drank chocolate milk with an expired date at lunch a few days earlier."

A note on dairy and egg products
Pay attention to experiation dates on perishibles, but also recognize that the products may not have been refrigerated, or, if refrigerated, not kept at cold-enough temperatures, from the time it left the manufacturers until it ended up on the shelves in your market, at your school, and at home. If in doubt, throw it out!