• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.339-351
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• 2007

Salmonella infections cause the diseases in poultry and some zoonotic Salmonella can be transmitted to human through poultry products, resulting in food-borne disease. This study was conducted to obtain some useful information for the control of salmonellosis in human. Twenty four Salmonella spp were isolated from poultry carcasses, and they were examined with several methods such as serotyping, antimicrobial resistance test and random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD) to identify their characteristics. In serotyping test of 24 strains S enteritidis was 17 (70.8%), followed by S schwarzengrund 3 (12.5%), untyped strain 4 (16.7%). In the results of antimicrobial resistance test, 23 (95.8%) isolates were resistant to at least one antimicrobial agent, generating eight different resistance patterns. In RAPD analysis using URP-6 primer to differentiate Salmonella isolates within a serotype, 4 serogroups were divided into 10 RAPD types: 5 types in S enteritidis, 2 types in S schwarzengrund and 3 types in the remainder.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.525-531
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• 2020

Objectives: This study was performed to identify the epidemiological features of a food poisoning outbreak in a company cafeteria located in Chungcheongnam-do Province, Korea in June of 2020 and to suggest preventive measures for a similar incidence. Methods: A total of 84 patients with acute gastroenteritis were examined. Environmental samples were obtained from 16 food handlers, six food utensils, 135 preserved foods served over three days and nine menus, and six drinking water samples. These are analyzed to detect viruses and bacteria. Results: Ninety-four out of the 402 people who were served meals (23.4%) predominantly showed symptoms of diarrhea, and the number was over 3 times. Among the 84 patients under investigation, 17 cases (20.2%) were positive for Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and 18 cases were positive for Clostridium (C.) perfringens (21.4%). Based on the investigation, it was concluded that the main pathogens were EPEC and C. perfringens. For EPEC, it was detected in three of the food service employees and in the preserved food and curry rice. The results of pulsed field gel electrophoresis indicate that all EPEC cases are closely related except for one food service employee. Assuming that isolated EPEC originated from the preserved food, the incubation period is about 25 hours. The origin of the C. perfringens was not determined as it was not detected in the food service employees or environmental samples. Conclusions: This case suggests that food provided in group food service centers must be thoroughly managed. In addition, identifying the pathogens in preserved food is very important for tracing the causes of food poisoning, so food must be preserved in an appropriate condition. To prevent similar food poisoning cases, analyzing cases based on epidemiological investigation and sharing the results is needed.

• 청정기술
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.241-247
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• 2015

굴 패각은 한국 남쪽의 해안의 바다 양식 폐기물로써 처리문제로 대두되고 있다. 폐기물인 굴 패각을 실용화하기 위해서, 현지 회사에서 구입한 소성된 굴 패각(COS)에 AITC (allyl isothiocyanate)를 흡착시킨 후 식품 감염 질병을 일으키는 박테리아에 대해 성장억제능력을 시험하였다. COS 분말은 Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella thyphimurium 균에 대해 1% 정도의 농도에서 세균 발육 억제 효과를 3에서 5 log 10 CFU/mL로 나타냄으로써 세균 발육 억제 효과를 보였으며, 순수 AITC의 MIC 결과는 Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella thyphimurium에 대해 각각 1 mg/mL, 0.8 mg/mL 0.7 mg/mL을 나타내었다. 소성된 굴 패각은 소성과정에서 기공이 생성되어 225 mg/g의 AITC를 흡착하였고, FTIR 결과로 COS에 AITC가 흡착이 되었음을 확인하였다. 입자의 특성은 매우 미세한 입자 크기 및 높은 선상 표면을 나타내었다. AITC가 흡착된 소성된 굴 패각(ACOS)은 1% 농도에서 완전히 세균 세포를 억제함에 따라, ACOS는 COS보다 더 나은 항균활성을 나타냄을 확인하였으며, 이는 박테리아에 대해 AITC와 소성된 굴 패각의 상승효과가 있음을 나타내었다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.553-558
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• 1998

Using the previous established multiplex PCR (mPCR), the presence of six kinds of staphylococcal superantigen (SAg) genes was investigated for nineteen Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the commercialized meat sources. As a result, only one isolate from pork among 19 S aureus isolates (5.3%) was confirmed as a potential SAg producer and harbored sec gene. The results in this study suggest that meat may not be major contagion of staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) in Korea and that staphylococcal enterotoxin type C may be associated with the disease. Also, the mPCR method in this study can be a useful genotypic method which can overcome the typical disadvantages of conventional antibody-based methods due to antigenic homology, and furthur survey on food-borne S aureus isolates can provide the important epidemiological data for SFP in Korea.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.42.1-42.10
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• 2016

The objectives of this study were to identify the histamine-forming bacteria and bacteriocin- producing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from Myeolchi-jeot according to sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, to evaluate the inhibitory effects of the bacteriocin on the growth and histamine accumulation of histamine-forming bacteria, and to assess the physico-chemical properties of the bacteriocin. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, histamine-forming bacteria were identified as Bacillus licheniformis MCH01, Serratia marcescens MCH02, Staphylococcus xylosus MCH03, Aeromonas hydrophila MCH04, and Morganella morganii MCH05. The five LAB strains identified as Pediococcus acidilactici MCL11, Leuconostoc mesenteroides MCL12, Enterococcus faecium MCL13, Lactobacillus sakei MCL14, and Lactobacillus acidophilus MCL15 were found to produce an antibacterial compound with inhibitory activity against the tested histamine-producing bacteria. The inhibitory activity of these bacteriocins obtained from the five LAB remained stable after incubation at pH 4.0-8.0 and heating for 10 min at $80^{\circ}C$; however, the bacteriocin activity was destroyed after treatment with papain, pepsin, proteinase K, ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin, or trypsin. Meanwhile, these bacteriocins produced by the tested LAB strains also exhibited histamine-degradation ability. Therefore, these antimicrobial substances may play a role in inhibiting histamine formation in the fermented fish products and preventing seafood-related food-borne disease caused by bacterially generated histamine.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.101-104
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• 2014

Food safety is a global health goal, and food-borne disease are a significant public health threat throughout the world. Dairy products are susceptible to contamination through a wide variety of physical, microbial, and chemical hazards. Risks of microbiological hazards are of immediate and serious concern to human health. Milk was inoculated with Bacillus cereus and stored at 10, 15, 20, and $30^{\circ}C$ for 7 days. We monitored the effect of the temperature on growth rate and variance of toxin production. The growth rate of B. cereus was suppressed in low temperature. We confirmed that the growth rate and the toxin production were accelerated when the storage temperature was increased. B. cereus began to produce toxins when the number of bacteria was higher than $10^7CFU/mL$. Therefore, managing the storage temperature of milk is important to inhibit the growth and the toxin production of B. cereus.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2000

Objectives : This study was carried out to investigate the sources of infection and modes of transmission of an outbreak of shigellosis that occurred among students of B middle and high school in Bonghwa, Korea from May 1 to 21, 1999. Methods : We conducted questionnaires to 468 students, 38 stalls and 9 food handlers twice times (May 6, May 21) for follow up and secondary attack rate. Personal details and history of illness and exposure to particular foods were sought. And we conducted rectal swab for culture to 243 students, 33 staffs and 9 food handlers. Bacteriological examinations of water in the school were done. Cases were identified as subjects who had diarrhea (two or more loose stools in a 24-hour periods) on or after May 1. Results : A total of 307 cases (attack rate: 59.6%) of 515 subject were identified, including 50 confirmed (46 students and 4 staffs) by S. sonnei. All 9 food handlers denied illness and were had rectal swab for culture at May 6 that were negative for S. sonnei. 146 of 307 reported fever, 156 had tenesmus, 44 reported vomiting, and only 5 of 307 reported blood in the stool. The median duration of diarrhea was 4 days (range: 1-18 days). The mean incubation period until onset of diarrhea was 63 hours (range: 46-144 hours) and the secondary attack rate was 2.8% (43 cases of 1,561 family members). Risk for illness was higher among students who had eaten watered kimchi at March 30 than among those who did not [301(72.7%) of 417 versus 5(9.6%) of 52; RR=7.51;95% CI=3.26-17.31]. Conclusion : The source of infection was estimated to be contaminated watered kimchi by ore or two food hardier who is presumed to be carrier.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.521-525
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• 2018

Rodents are well-known reservoirs and vectors of many emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, but little is known about their role in zoonotic disease transmission in Bhutan. In this study, a cross-sectional investigation of zoonotic disease pathogens in rodents was performed in Chukha district, Bhutan, where a high incidence of scrub typhus and cases of acute undifferentiated febrile illness had been reported in people during the preceding 4-6 months. Twelve rodents were trapped alive using wire-mesh traps. Following euthanasia, liver and kidney tissues were removed and tested using PCR for Orientia tsutsugamushi and other bacterial and rickettsial pathogens causing bartonellosis, borreliosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, leptospirosis, and rickettsiosis. A phylogenetic analysis was performed on all rodent species captured and pathogens detected. Four out of the 12 rodents (33.3%) tested positive by PCR for zoonotic pathogens. Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella grahamii, and B. queenslandensis were identified for the first time in Bhutan. Leptospira interrogans was also detected for the first time from rodents in Bhutan. The findings demonstrate the presence of these zoonotic pathogens in rodents in Bhutan, which may pose a risk of disease transmission to humans.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2001

집단식중독 환자에서 분리한 Staphylococcus aureus에 대한 항생제 감수성, enterotoxin 형별을 PCR로 조사한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 1. 의심환자분변 413건중 105건(25.4%)에서 Staphylococcus aureus coagulase 양성 균주가 분리되었다. 2. enterotoxin 생산성을 PCR로 조사한 결과 총 45주(42.9%)에서 enterotoxin gene이 확인되었으며, 이 중 H형 단독생산주가 29주(64.4%)로 가장 많았으며. A형 단독생산주 5주(11.1%), A형 및 H형 혼합생산주 4주(8.9%), G형 생산주 2주(4.4%)및 I형 생산주 1주(2.2%)이었다. 3. 시험한 105주 중 48주(45.7%)에서 항생제 내성이 확인되었으며, 이 중 penicillin에 대한 내성이 38.1%로 가장 높았으며, ampicillin과 penicillin은 중등도 내성이 각각 42.9%, 61.0%이었다. chloramphenicol, clindamycin, methicillin. trimethoprim, vancomycin은 모두 감수성이었다. 또한 단제 내성이 85.4%를 차지하였으며, 2제 내성이 12.5%, 3제내성이 2.1%이었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2001

본 연구는 독성과 안정성의 문제가 없는 천연식품 보존제의 개발을 위하여 신걸나무 잎 추출물을 이용하여 천연보존제로서의 특성 및 간으성을 조사하였다. 신갈나무 잎 에탄올 추출물은 그람양성균에 대해서 $250\;\mu\textrm{g}/mL$, 그람음성균에 대해서는 $500\;\mu\textrm{g}/mL$ 농도에서 40시간 동안 식중독균의 증식을 억제하였다. 신갈나무 잎 추출물의 항균활성 물질은 pH와 열에 매우 안정하였다. 신갈나무 잎 에탄올 추출물과 합성보존제가 솔잎 음료, 당근 쥬스, 된장 및 막걸리의 보존성에 미치는 영향을 비교한 결과, 솔잎 음료 및 당근 쥬스의 경우 0.1% 첨가시 합성보존제와 유사한 미생물 생육억제 효과를 나타내었고, 된장은 추출물을 2~3% 첨가하였을 경우 7주까지는 미생물 중식이 억제되어 에틸알코올과 비슷한 보존효과를 보였다. 막걸리의 경우는 추출물 0.5% 이상 첨가시 합성보존제인 안식향산과 유사한 미생물 생육 억제효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 이와같은 결과로 미루어 보아 신갈나무 잎은 향후 천연보존제의 원료로서 사용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.