Food-poisoning from Minas-type cheese, contamined with Staphylococcus aureus

Authors

  • José Geraldo Sabioni Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Escola de Farmácia; Departamento de Nutrição
  • Elisa Yoko Hirooka Fundação Universidade Estadual de Londrina; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Patologia Geral
  • Maria de Lourdes R. de Souza Fundação Universidade Estadual de Londrina; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Patologia Geral

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101988000500010

Keywords:

Staphylococcal food poisoning^i2^soccurre, Staphylococcus aureus^i2^sanaly, Cheese^i2^sadverse effe, Disease outbreaks^i2^soccurre

Abstract

An outbreak of food poisoning which occurred in July, 1987, in the city of Ouro Preto, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is reported. The food involved was a Minas-type cheese, contamined by Staphylococcus aureus to the level of 9.3 x 10(7) CFU/g. Enterotoxin producing strains of types A,B,D and E were detected. The sample analysed also showed contamination by fecal coliforms above 1.1 x 10(5)/g (MPN), but Salmonella were not present. Due to characteristic symptoms and high contamination it was concluded that Staphylococcus aureus was the pathogene responsible for the outbreak.

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Published

1988-10-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 5 (1988)

Section

Notes and Informations

How to Cite

Sabioni, J. G., Hirooka, E. Y., & Souza, M. de L. R. de. (1988). Food-poisoning from Minas-type cheese, contamined with Staphylococcus aureus . Revista De Saúde Pública, 22(5), 458-461. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101988000500010