Table 2 Detailed summary of the seven Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks
Outbreak | Provincea | Outbreak date | No. of cases | No. of patient deaths | No. of patients admitted | Clinical samples collected | Food samples tested | Food testing results | No. of isolates tested at CED | CED test results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | KZN | May 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Stool (n = 2) | Goat meat (n = 1) | Salmonella Enteritidis | 3 | Salmonella Enteritidis |
2 | MP | November 2013 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 3 | Salmonella Enteritidis |
3 | LP | January 2014 | 65 | 0 | 8 | Stool (n = 8) | Chicken (n = unknown) | unknown | 3 | Salmonella Enteritidis |
4 | MP | July 2014 | 46 | 0 | 6 | Stool (n = 12) Rectal swabs (n = 2) | unknown | unknown | 14 | Salmonella Enteritidis |
5 | FS | November 2014 | 80 | unknown | 6 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 3 | Salmonella Enteritidis |
6 | EC | December 2014 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 10 | Salmonella Enteritidis |
7 | GA | October 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Stool (n = 4) | unknown | unknown | 3 | Salmonella Enteritidis |