al-Ghamdi M, al-Sabty S, Kannan A, Rowe B
J Diarrhoeal Dis Res. 1989 Mar-Jun;7(1-2):18-20.
Between 13 and 16 September 1985, 168 of 419 Filipino workers, living in a camp near Dammam, Saudi Arabia, developed acute gastroenteritis with diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and low-grade fever. The outbreak was confined to those who ate from a single kitchen. The median approximate incubation period of the disease was 34 hours (range 8 to 96 hours). Salmonella minnesota was isolated from the stools and rectal swabs of 34% of the patients. One of the 27 cooks was positive for the organism. There was no infection diagnosed among 390 close contacts of the patients, and the organism was also not grown from samples of leftover or fresh food. All isolates were sensitive to most of the commonly used antimicrobials, except tetracycline and streptomycin. A particular meal served from a single kitchen was tentatively implicated as the source of the outbreak.
1985年9月13日至16日期间，居住在沙特阿拉伯达曼附近营地的419名菲律宾工人中有168人患上急性肠胃炎，出现腹泻、呕吐、腹痛和低热症状。此次疫情仅限于那些在单一厨房就餐的人员。该病的中位近似潜伏期为34小时（范围为8至96小时）。从34%的患者粪便和直肠拭子中分离出明尼苏达沙门氏菌。27名厨师中有1人该病菌检测呈阳性。在患者的390名密切接触者中未诊断出感染病例，剩余食物或新鲜食物样本中也未培养出该病菌。除四环素和链霉素外，所有分离菌株对大多数常用抗菌药物敏感。初步认定单一厨房提供的一顿特定餐食为此次疫情的源头。
