Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State

Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State

Abstract Background In 2015, in addition to a United States multistate outbreak linked to contaminated ice cream, another outbreak linked to ice cream was reported in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It was a hospital-acquired outbreak linked to milkshakes, made from contaminated ice crea...

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Main Authors: Zhen Li, Ailyn Pérez-Osorio, Yu Wang, Kaye Eckmann, William A. Glover, Marc W. Allard, Eric W. Brown, Yi Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Listeriosis
Ice cream
Outbreak
Whole genome sequencing
Core genome multilocus sequence typing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1043-1

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