Typhimurium, PT Untypable, check details resistance profile ASSuT, isolated from a dairy product involved molecular analysis of all

isolates sharing this isolates phenotype (n = 12). PFGE with XbaI digestion showed the isolates to be closely related, e.g. patterns A and B were 92.8% similar while C was 89% similar to A. All isolates were indistinguishable with BlnI digestion apart from 07–0146 and 07–0237 (86% similarity) and 07–0200. MLVA provided further evidence that the Salmonella isolated from the dairy product was in fact contamination from swine isolate 07–0237. The 2005 Lab E dairy isolate (05–0900) differed from Paclitaxel clinical trial 07–0146 but was indistinguishable from a swine isolate (05–0902) from Lab E which was isolated at the same time. Below is a description of 3 of the 23 incidents. Case 1 A review of our databases showed that from October 2003 to April 2004 11/30 (37%) of isolates received from an accredited private food laboratory (Lab A) were identified as S. Typhimurium DT132 (Additional file 1). The isolates were stated to have originated from unrelated

food products including beef (n = 7), pork (n = 2), a drain swab (n = 1) and powder (n = 1). When submitted the laboratory quality control strain was also S. Typhimurium DT132. Following discussion with the sending laboratory no further S. Typhimurium DT132 isolates were received from this laboratory. Case 2 This incident occurred in the Clinical Microbiology department of BVD-523 solubility dmso a teaching hospital (Lab C) [10]. A stool sample from a 78 year old female patient was submitted Docetaxel for analysis. No colonies resembling Salmonella were observed on the primary culture plates however Salmonella was isolated on day two following subculture of the selenite broth to xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar. The isolate was typed as S. Enteritidis PT1, with resistance to nalidixic

acid. Another S. Enteritidis PT1 with resistance to nalidixic acid was isolated during the same 2 day period in the same laboratory from a female patient with a history of profuse diarrhoea associated with travel outside of Ireland and requiring hospital admission. The 78 year old female patient had been a hospital inpatient on naso-gastric feeding for an extended period prior to isolation of Salmonella. The clinical history was of a brief episode of loose stool and all subsequent specimens were negative for Salmonella. Case 3 An accredited private food laboratory (Lab E) submitted an isolate (07–0146) of Salmonella stated to have been isolated from a dairy product (Additional file 1). The laboratory had been testing swine samples at the time of this isolation and suspected cross-contamination. The isolate typed as S. Typhimurium, was untypable by phage typing, i.e.