Deb Farris from KAKE News reported on a Shigella outbreak at a local Reno County daycare:
September 26 – Letters are going out to daycare centers and schools all over Reno County about an outbreak of shigellosis. The last time Reno saw this many cases of the illness was nearly 10 years ago. The bacterial
The Louisiana Advertiser’s Jason Brown reported on a Shigella outbreak at St. Pius Elementary:
There have been three known cases of shigellosis, a type of stomach bacteria that usually causes diarrhea and stomach cramps, and one case of Salmonella at St. Pius Elementary, a school official said today.
Ted Daigle, assistant principal at St. Pius, said an official with the Department of Health and Hospitals came to the school Thursday and confirmed that the bacteria was Shigella and not E.Coli. Daigle said kids have been complaining of stomach issues for two weeks . . .
Daigle said the school has stepped up sanitizing in restrooms, from two times a day to several times a day. He said that includes toilets, sink handles, door handles, paper towel and dispenser handles. They also notified parents and brought in health officials for more tips on prevention.
Daigle said the diner and custodial staff have also stepped up their efforts.
They have also changed school policy so that any child who displays some of the symptoms, diarrhea or nausea, must not return to school until 24 hours after the symptoms have ceased, Daigle said.
MARLER CLARK PRESS RELEASE
SAN DIEGO, CA (September 13, 2006) – A lawsuit was filed today against Filiberto’s, the Arizona restaurant chain whose restaurant located at 3446 University Avenue in San Diego was traced as the source of a food poisoning outbreak in late August, 2006. The lawsuit was filed in San Diego County Superior Court on behalf of Nicole Lewis, a San Diego resident who ate at the restaurant and subsequently became ill with Shigellosis, an illness caused by ingestion of the Shigella bacterium. Ms. Lewis is represented by Marler Clark, a Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness, and Keeney, Waite & Stevens, a respected San Diego law firm.
On September 1, 2006, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (SDHHS) and the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health announced that they were working together to investigate an apparent Shigella outbreak among customers who had eaten at the University Avenue Filiberto’s. The restaurant was closed on August 31, and according to a news release issued by SDHHS , at least ten people had become ill with apparent Shigella infections after eating at Filiberto’s in late August, three of whom were hospitalized. Continue Reading Food Poisoning Lawsuit Filed Against San Diego Restaurant
Shigella is a genus of bacteria that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigella thrives in the human intestine and is commonly spread both through food and by person-to-person contact. A Japanese scientist Kiyoshi Shiga discovered these bacteria over 100 years ago. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that
Marler Clark commenced Shigella litigation against Gate Gourmet, a catering company that supplied Shigella-contaminated food to several airlines with flights departing from the Honolulu, Hawaii airport. The firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of a man who became ill in September 2004 after consuming a meal on board a return flight from Hawaii. Several hundred illnesses have been reported
ACCORDING TO THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE ON September 2, 2006:
The San Diego county health department has shut down a fast-food Mexican restaurant after 10 customers came down with a bacterial infection. Filiberto’s restaurant at 3446 University Ave. was closed Thursday and will remain closed until the health problems are addressed, the county Health and
07.sep.06 The China Post Associated Press
Beijing — Medical experts say a food poisoning outbreak that left at least 300 Chinese schoolchildren hospitalized was caused by shigella bacteria, a news report said Wednesday. Students and teachers fell ill after eating lunch Friday at the Chongzhou City Experimental Primary School in the southwestern province of Sichuan. Investigators have found shigella bacteria in the food, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The bacteria are spread through undercooked or contaminated food and poor hygiene, and cause diarrhea, fever, vomiting and stomach cramps.Continue Reading Food-poisoning at school caused by shigella: report
UNION-TRIBUNE
September 2, 2006
CITY HEIGHTS – The county health department has shut down a fast-food Mexican restaurant after 10 customers came down with a bacterial infection.
Filiberto’s restaurant at 3446 University Ave. was closed Thursday and will remain closed until the health problems are addressed, the county Health and Human Services Agency said.
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County Health Officials Say 10 People Affected
Jermaine Ong
Web Editor
SAN DIEGO — An outbreak of a food-borne illness has shut down a local restaurant, according to a press release from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.
According to an HHSA release, 10 people have been diagnosed with symptoms of Shigella,
BEIJING, Sept. 7 — Experts have discovered the bacterium that caused a food poisoning outbreak at a school in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province that affected hundreds of children and teachers.
The bacterium has been identified as shigella sonnei, which causes dysentery, said Liu Jun, deputy chief of Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau, at a press conference yesterday.
The announcement of the cause of the outbreak, which occurred at Chongzhou City Experimental Primary School, 40 kilometres from Chengdu, follows complaints from parents that the local government was slow at giving out information.
Lab experiments showed that shigella sonnei was found in a sample of cold pork dressing that was served to pupils at the school last Friday, Liu said.Continue Reading EXPERTS IDENTIFY BUG IN FOOD POISONING CASE