TY - JOUR AU - Bonardi, Silvia AU - Morganti, Marina AU - Pupillo, Giovanni AU - Brindani, Franco PY - 2018/04/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Salmonella Brandenburg in the pork chain in Italy: Genetic comparison with the human isolates JF - Italian Journal of Food Safety JA - Ital J Food Safety VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.4081/ijfs.2018.6938 UR - https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/6938 SP - AB - <em>Salmonella</em> Brandenburg ranked 16th among the serovars responsible for human infections in EU in 2015 and it was found to be associated with swine. In Emilia- Romagna and Lombardy regions of northern Italy, <em>S.</em> Brandenburg was isolated from mesenteric lymph nodes, fecal matter, carcasses and conveyor belts at pig slaughterhouses in 2014 and 2015. In the same area, <em>S.</em> Brandenburg was detected in pork salami in 2015. In the present study, 12 isolates of <em>S.</em> Brandenburg recovered from the pork food-chain were typed by <em>XbaI</em> PFGE and their three profiles were compared to all human <em>S</em>. Brandenburg isolates processed by the Surveillance System of Emilia-Romagna region from 2012 to 2017 (105 isolates). The most frequent pulsotype of porcine origin (6/12) was the second most frequent in humans (16/105). Of the other two pulsotypes of porcine origine (3/12 each), one was the most frequent in humans (41/105), the other was undetected among human isolates. ER -