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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 52148 |
| CIS number |
89-1375 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0098-7484 - Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Year |
1987 |
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| Author(s) |
Fehrs L.J., Flanagan K., Kline S., Facklam R.R., Quackenbush K., Foster L.R. |
| Title |
Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal skin infections in a US meat-packing plant |
| Bibliographic information |
4 Dec. 1987, Vol.258, No.21, p.3131-3134. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
In 1985, the second reported outbreak of this type of skin infections among US meat packers was recognised at an Oregon meat packing plant. All 69 plant workers were interviewed and examined for the presence of pustular, draining, or inflamed lesions. During a three-month period, 44 episodes of skin infection occurred in 32 workers, all but four of whom worked in boning or killing areas. Acquiring infection was associated with job category and having at least two hand lacerations. Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (18), Staphylococcus aureus (12), or both (20) were isolated from 70 lesions cultured. Meat is suspected as a vehicle of transmission because cultures of two meat specimens contained the same strain as did 24 isolates from patients. Increasing reports of skin infections in meat packers suggest that this occupational risk may be more common than is realised. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
infectious diseases; meat industry; streptococcal infections |
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| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Food, beverage and tobacco industries
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Food industry
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