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Childcare-associated Shigellosis outbreak clues researchers into best treatment, management strategies

Posted on November 20, 2009
Enforcing simple hygiene strategies in childcare centers can help limit Shigellosis transmission and may combat growing antimicrobial-resistance patterns among these organisms, according to CDC and Missouri State Department of Health and Senior Services officials who investigated a Shigella sonnei outbreak that affected 693 people and spanned 44 licensed daycare facilities in northwest Missouri from May to October 2005...

Bacteriophages to be used by Army to kill Shigella

Posted on October 16, 2009
An émigré scientist from the former Soviet Union is working to develop a new treatment for diarrhea based on a century-old remedy commonly used in his former homeland. Alexander Sulakvelidze, chief scientist for privately held Baltimore biotech Intralytix, says the bacteriophage-based probiotic preparation shows promise for managing shigella infections, a "significant worldwide cause of diarrheal disease" — and apparently the U...

Shigella Hits St. Louis

Posted on October 09, 2009
St. Louis city health officials on Wednesday reported a sharp increase in cases of a highly contagious intestinal bacteria that is typically spread by children.  There have been 67 cases of shigellosis from July 1 through Monday, compared to nine cases for all of 2008, according to the St...

NIH Grants $2.87M for Development of Treatment for C. difficile and Shigella Gastrointestinal Infections

Posted on October 03, 2009
NIH has awarded a group of researchers $2.87 million for preclinical development of an oral drug to treat C. difficile and Shigella. The consortium is led by Brigham Young University (BYU) and includes SRI International, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and McMaster University...

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Shigella And Other Diseases Are Killing People In Papua New Guinea

Posted on September 12, 2009
Thirty people have died in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from the severe form of dysentery called Shigella that has infected 700 others. While PNG's limited health system is dealing with Shigella, to the north in Wasu, 13 people have died amid the country's first outbreak of cholera and 200 others have contracted the water-borne disease...

Americans Warned About Shigella, Salmonella, and Cholera As Ethiopia Fights Outbreak Of "Acute Watery Diarrhea"

Posted on September 01, 2009
We cannot find a copy of it, but apparently there was a Voice of America report that the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia warned Americans in the country of increased risks of diarrheal illnesses including Shigella, Salmonella, and Cholera. Addis Ababa, one of the dirtiest cities in the world, is experiencing a severe outbreak of "Acute Watery Diarrhea" with one thousand cases being reported a day...

Popular Boston Area Beach Closed After People Come Down With Shigella

Posted on August 22, 2009
Swimmers at Shannon Beach, MA in Winchester are coming down with shigellosis, forcing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to close the popular area formerly known as Sandy Beach. Renamed last year for Sen. Charles E. Shannon, the former policeman and state senator who represented the area until his death at age 61, was closed at 3 p...

When Should Baby Drink The Water? Seems There Is Less To Fear Than Some Think

Posted on August 19, 2009
Shigella, along with Salmonella and Cholera, were each responsible for one of the 30 drinking water outbreaks back in the 1993-94 period studied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   It found those outbreaks, including 20 from private water wells, were responsible for 2,366 illnesses and one death...

Shigella Gives Zanesville City Schools A Warning About Cleaning & Student Sanitation

Posted on August 03, 2009
Schools are going to be hypersensitive this year about 'deep cleaning' and student sanitation because of Swine Flu.   Maybe that will help with the old standby threats from the likes of . In Ohio, the Zanesville City Schools are 'scrambling to make sure everything is clean as possible for the upcoming school year...

Shigella Strikes Swimmers At New Hampshire's Silver Lake

Posted on July 31, 2009
Five swimmers at Silver Lake in Hollis, N.H. got sick during July. Now, four of the five have been confirmed as victims of Shigella. All the swimmers have recovered. Health officials Monday were out on the lake taking water samples and test results have found the Shigella bacteria are present...

Grand Lake St. Mary's Wedding Sends Guests Off With Shigella

Posted on July 17, 2009
Two eastern Ohio counties are reporting an outbreak of Shigella that may be traced back to a wedding held on the beautiful shores of Grand Lake St. Mary's in Celina. According to the Wapakoneta Daily News: Seven Auglaize County residents are among those affected by a bacterial infection from a source in Celina, confirmed the Auglaize County health commissioner...

School Ending In Wisconsin Did Not Halt Outbreak of Shigella Cases In Racine

Posted on July 15, 2009
     'Shigella used to be very uncommon,' said Dr. William Little, chairman of the Racine Board of Health. 'In all my years of practice I don't remember seeing anything like this.' If dealing with Swine Flu was not bad enough, Racine, Wisconsin is finding itself with a growing Shigella outbreak...

Baltimore Bio Tech Company Gets Army Contract To Fight Shigella

Posted on July 05, 2009
Intralytix Inc. announced last week that it has been awarded a contract from the United States Army to develop a bacteriophage-based food safety product for reducing or eliminating contamination from pathogenic Salmonella and Shigella spp. The product would be used to eliminate or significantly reduce contamination of fruits, vegetables and other food products...

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Honors Pioneering Shigella Researcher, Dr. Philippe Sansonetti

Posted on June 09, 2009
The 2009 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) GlaxoSmithKline International ASM Member of the Year Award has been presented to pioneer Shigella researcher Philippe Sansonetti, M.D., director, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris...

Cleveland Is Also Trying To Defeat Shigella, Especially At Its Day Care Centers

Posted on June 02, 2009
Over the weekend, the Cleveland Plain Dealer did a wrap-up on the ongoing Shigella outbreak in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The newspaper reported that: 'Infections from the shigella bacteria began soaring in 2007 and show no signs of slowing down. Cuyahoga County reported 218 cases last year, after averaging about 30 cases a year the prior five years...

Local Health Officials In KS, MO, GA, and TX Issue Warnings About Shigella

Posted on May 26, 2009
Communities combating shigella since last fall are counting on the end of the school year to break the back of the far-flung outbreaks. In Macon County, GA, the local health department continues to encourage people to wash their hands and to stay away from home or school if they come down with diarrhea...

There's A "Shigella Scare" In Springfield & Green County, Missouri; But Few Facts About It

Posted on May 20, 2009
Missouri's Springfield-Greene County Health Department put this statement on their website yesterday: Hand washing protects you from a number of different illnesses, including colds, viruses and diarrheal illnesses like shigellosis. Greene County has seen an increase in shigellosis cases in the past month...

World Health Organization Calls Shigella "Endemic Throughout The World"

Posted on May 07, 2009
  The World Health Organization says Shigellosis is endemic throughout the world. Worldwide there are approximately 164.7 million cases, of which 163.2 million in developing countries and 1.5 million in industrialized countries. Each year 1.1 million people are estimated to die from Shigella infection and 580, 000 cases of shigellosis are reported among travellers from industrialized countries...

Shigella Has Moved Into Macon County, IL And Isn't Leaving Very Fast

Posted on April 28, 2009
Decatur, IL and surrounding Macon County appears to be another hotspot for Shigella.   Macon County Health officials are reporting 68 cases of Shigella since last November, with 19 cases through the first half of April.  In his blog, Paul Osborne, editor of the Decatur Tribune, reports that statewide there are about 1,300 cases of Shigella each year, but he adds this important note: Because some mild cases go unreported, it is expected that at least 20 times more people are actually infected with the bacterium...

Lubbock 2008 Shigella Outbreak Is Not Really Over Even Yet

Posted on April 22, 2009
 Believe it or not, a bunch of us passed through Lubbock, Texas yesterday on the way to its neighbor to the north, the town of Plainview, Texas.   An item in the local newspaper caught our attention. It seems that the great Buddy Holly's hometown is still working its way out of a September 2008 outbreak of Shigella...

Shigella So Common It Makes Top Three Among Food-borne Illnesses

Posted on April 14, 2009
Shigella was the third most common food-borne illness in the United States during 2008, according to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) of CDC's Emerging Infections Program, which collects data from 10 U.S. states. The number of infections and incidence per 100,000 population were reported as follows: Salmonella (7,444; 16...

Shigella Outbreak Grows At UpState New York Applebee's

Posted on March 27, 2009
Here's an update on the Shigella outbreak involving the Applebee's restaurant in Camillus, NY near Syracuse: Bar lemons and limes used in both food and drinks are getting most of the focus of the investigation by health officials. After the Onondaga County Health Department confirmed seven cases of Shigellosis from Applebee customers who dined there in early March, they warned the public and asked others to come forward if they got sick...

Shigella Confirmed in Seven Applebee Customers In Upstate New York

Posted on March 24, 2009
Seven confirmed cases of Shigella have caused  the Onondaga County Health Department in Syracuse, NY to warn up to 9,000 Applebee customers that they too might have been exposed to the bacteria.   The restaurant involved is located in Camillus, NY, about 11 miles east of Syracuse...

In Ohio, Columbus Public Health In Second Year Of Combat With Shigella

Posted on March 16, 2009
After seeing the number of Shigella cases drop to just nine cases in 2005, ten in 2006, and eight in 2007, an outbreak last year got out of control in Columbus, Ohio. It turned into 524 confirmed cases in 2008. Now, Columbus Public Health officials say the Shigella outbreak is not over...

A Sign Of Fighting Shigella In Philadelphia

Posted on March 01, 2009

Muskegon County, Michigan Making Progress Against Shigella

Posted on February 01, 2009
We last reported on the campaign Muskegon County, MI undertook in mid-December here  to combat the rising incidents of Shigella it was experiencing.   Now comes reports that progress is being made. According to the Muskegon News:  An outbreak of shigella in Muskegon County appears to be waning, according to health officials...

Children Are Coming Down With Shigella In Alamosa, CO

Posted on January 14, 2009
Shigellosis usually does not originate from a water source, but when you are Alamosa, Colorado, you might just want to check to be sure. That's because last year, the water in the San Luis Valley town gave Salmonella poisoning to 400 people. Our last update on that can be found here...

Our 250th To You! Iowa Gives Some New Year's Advice

Posted on January 05, 2009
First, this is the 250th posting on the Shigella Blog since it was founded on March 10, 2005. We've tried to provide useful news, comment and analysis on this nasty bug. We are pleased with the comments and trust you will continue to give us feedback as we go forward...

Ohio Marks Increases in Number of Shigella Cases

Posted on December 20, 2008
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Muskegon County, Michigan Flights Shigella Outbreak With Hand Washing Campaign

Posted on December 15, 2008
 When we last left Muskegon County, Michigan's emerging Shigella outbreak here in early November, there were eight confirmed cases.   As of last week, the number of confirmed cases stood at 47 on Thursday; most of the victims are under 10 years of age...

Shigella Outbreak Hits Cash-Strapped Western Michigan

Posted on November 05, 2008
Three West Michigan counties are experiencing a Shigella outbreak, the Muskegon Chronicle reports.  Eight cases of shigella have been confirmed in Muskegon County, said county health department director Ken Kraus. He said Kent and Ottawa counties also have confirmed several cases of shigella...

Shigella Strikes Sydney Gay Community-Health Officials Call For Precautions Now

Posted on October 28, 2008
Up to 200 people in Sydney, mostly gay men, are infected with an antibiotic-resistant gut infection, according health officials in Australia. It has been identified as an outbreak of shigella by health clinics in the largely gay Darlinghurst area. According to the Sydney Star Observer,  CEO Stevie Clayton of the gay advocacy group ACON said the faeces-transmitted bacteria was very infectious so gay men should start taking some extra precautions now to limit the spread and duration of the outbreak...

Shigella Explodes In Lubbock, Texas

Posted on October 08, 2008
Lubbock, Texas was a sleepy panhandle town with a powerful radio station when Buddy Holly exploded on the music scene.   Today, its probably best known for the sprawling Texas Tech campus where Bobby Knight went to coach college basketball before he retired earlier this year...

Was Sweden's Top Business Group Target of Food-borne Terrorism?

Posted on September 30, 2008
Most people forget, or choose not to think about it, but food and water can be weapons of mass distruction. Sweden may just have experienced a little taste of this possibility.   At a minimum, Sweden joins the club of those areas that have found out food and water can be used to deliver poison on purpose to people...

Madison, Wisconsin Gets 'A Talking To' About Shigella

Posted on September 20, 2008
Madison and Dane counties in Wisconsin are experiencing an outbreak of Shigella and Bill Novak at The Capital Times decided it was time to "give it to 'em straight."  For example: The infection is usually passed from one person to another when the first person has improperly washed hands, then handled food or an object that gets contaminated with the bacteria, with the second person eating the contaminated food or handling the object...

New Strategy To Fight Shigella Underway In Indianapolis

Posted on September 02, 2008
Andy Gammill at the Indianapolis Star reports a new strategy is underway in the Hoosier State's capital city to combat the ongoing outbreak of shigella.  He reports that: Ten months and 500 cases into a shigella outbreak, health officials are visiting every licensed child-care center in Indianapolis in a new effort to stop the spread of the bacterial infection...

8 Shigella Cases Now Linked To Oregon Country Fair

Posted on August 16, 2008
As it turns out, there were eight cases of Shigella linked to the Oregon Country Fair.   We previously reported here, Oregon Country Fair Blamed For Shigella Outbreak, on two cases. Oregon health officials are considering anyone sick with diarrhea for more than 48 hours and who attended the July 10-13 fair, and then became sick one to four days later as being part of the outbreak...

Shigella "Sweeping Across" South Florida

Posted on August 06, 2008
The Westside Gazette, which serves the South Florida minority community, is out with a report on how Shigella is sweeping across the region.   The Gazette says: Shigellosis — a potentially dangerous inflammatory disease of the bowel, and a cause of dysentary brought on by a group of harmful bacteria closely related to the Salmonella virus — is currently sweeping across Palm Beach County and South Florida with over-crowded minority and immigrant communities particularly impacted...

What is Shigella?

Posted on July 30, 2008
Shigella is a bacterium that belongs to a small group of pathogens (including E. coli O157:H7 and Cryptosporidium) that can infect the gut after the ingestion of relatively few organisms, and can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans...

Oregon Country Fair Blamed For Shigella Outbreak

Posted on July 30, 2008
You have only to look at the picture to the left to know that a good time was had by all at this year's Oregon Country Fair, held earlier this month near Eugene.   However, at least eight people left with something not so nice as a way to remember the free-living fair...

Cases Of Diarrhea-Causing Bacteria Increase In Ohio

Posted on July 26, 2008
Poor Ohio!   Its taken a brunt from the Nebraska Beef E. coli outbreak.  It's had ten cases of Salmonella Saintpaul.   And, now its in the middle of a nasty outbreak of Shigella. According to Channel 4 in Columbus, the NBC affiliate,  health officials have confirmed 148 cases of Shigellosis -- an intestinal bacteria infection in the Ohio city...

Insider Offers Explanation on Shigella Outbreak Among New York's Jewish Communities

Posted on June 27, 2008
When we reported earlier this year on the Shigella outbreaks being experienced by the Jewish communities of the Lower Hudson and Brooklyn in New York State, we did wonder if it might have something to do with religious or cultural practices. Our last report, Shigella Outbreak In New York Spreads Across Hudson River can be found here...

One Last Year; Corpus Christi Area Has Seen 68 Cases of Shigella So Far This Year

Posted on June 14, 2008
"Bacterial infection spreads through area" is the headline today in the Corpus Christi, TX Caller-Times.  The story by writer David Kassabian tells of the Shigella outbreak now occurring in Nueces and San Patricio counties in the Corpus Christi area...

Texas Has A Shigella Hotspot In It & It Is Called Karnes County

Posted on June 04, 2008
Texas is the latest state to report a local outbreak of Shigella.  The location is Karnes County, where parents in all  four school districts in the county have been warned about the outbreak.  The warning came in the form of a letter from the Texas Department of Health Services...

Iowa's Scott County, Known For Round Barns, Sees Uptick in Shigella

Posted on May 31, 2008
Iowa's Quad-City Times is reporting on an outbreak of Shigella.   The newspaper says the number of shigellosis cases in Scott County, Iowa  has increased dramatically over the past few weeks. According to health department officials,  typically there might be five Shigella cases a month reported in Scott County...

Shigella Is Having Its Way With Arkansas

Posted on May 27, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansas---specifically Pulaski County-- is Ground Zero for a Shigella outbreak that has reached 18 counties in the Razorback State.   Arkansas has already recorded more cases of Shigella in 2008 than it did during all of last year...

WHO Didn't Bother To Tell Taiwan About 2007 Shigella Outbreak

Posted on May 15, 2008
Hou Sheng-mou, writing today (05/16/08) in the Taiwan Journal takes a look at "The World Health Report 2007--A Safer Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century."The Taiwan Journal writer notes the report  "elucidates the importance of cooperation and information sharing among countries in the fight against disease...

Shigella Outbreak In New York Spreads Across Hudson River

Posted on May 07, 2008
Last month,  we reported on a Shigella outbreak in New York's Lower Hudson River Valley involving the Jewish Community.  It was centered on Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties, just outside New York City.Now it appears that outbreak has spread to the Borough Park and Williamsburg communities in Brooklyn...

Standing Rock Indian Reservation Is Center Of Shigella Outbreak In South Dakota

Posted on May 03, 2008
The great Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull, lived, died, and may be buried on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Mobridge, South Dakota.   The actual location of Sitting Bull's grave is the subject of historical dispute.  There is no dispute that the 8,500 Sioux who today live on the Standing Rock are at the center of an outbreak of Shigella that now concerns the South Dakota Department of Health...

Common Misspellings of Shigella - shigell, Shigela, Shagella

Posted on April 18, 2008
Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as "bacillary dysentery." Shigella bacteria can infect the intestinal tract after the ingestion of relatively few organisms...

Lower Hudson Jewish Community Hit By Shigella Outbreak

Posted on April 17, 2008
The Journal News, the  Gannett  newspaper the Lower Hudson Valley including  Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties in New York, today (4/17/08) is reporting on a Shigella outbreak involving local Jewish schools and day care centers...

Six Month Old Shigella Outbreak In Indianapolis Shows No Sign Of Ending, Marion County Health Department Reports

Posted on April 12, 2008
We've been watching the Shigella outbreak in the Indianapolis area all winter.   The pace continues with 16 new cases this week and 15 last week.   The county's health department marked the sixth month of the outbreak with a news release, which in part said:Marion County's Shigella outbreak has entered its six-month and local health officials are concerned that the highly contagious disease will gain momentum now that school-aged children have returned from spring break...

Shigella Outbreak Reported By Australian Disease Control

Posted on April 02, 2008
Adelaide in Southern Australia has an outbreak of Shigella, ABC News is reporting tonight (4/2/08).Director of the infectious diseases control branch, Ann Koehler, says cases of the illness, known as shigella, have been reported across Adelaide.Dr Koehler says it is one of the few types of gastro needing treatment with antibiotics because it can spread rapidly...

Shigellosis Hits Central Illinois; 18 Cases In Tazewell County

Posted on March 27, 2008
News 25, the NBC affiliate in Central Illinois, is reporting a Shigella outbreak is occurring in Tazewell County.   The number of Shigella cases so far this year stands at 18, and that compares to only one during the year 2007.News25 reports that:Shigella is caused by a group of bacteria that health officials say can be avoided by hand-washing, sanitary food handling and diaper changing, eliminating shared water play areas, and staying home when diagnosed...

Shigella Having Its Way With Akron, Ohio

Posted on March 05, 2008
All those Clinton and Obama campaign workers may be getting out of Ohio just in time.  Or maybe not.Akron health officials are reporting that Ohio is suffering from the largest number of shigella cases since the 2001-2002 school year.    They say its been ongoing for several months with youngsters battling diarrhea caused by shigellosis, a highly contagious, bacterial infection...

PATH Looks To Vaccine World's Children For Shigella

Posted on March 03, 2008
A million children are killed annually by diarrhea disease caused by Shigella and Escherichia coli (E coli). The Info Project at the Bloomberg School of Health at John Hopkins University just published a fact sheet on "Developing New Vaccines Against Diarrheal Disease" by PATH...

PATH Looks For Vaccine For Shigella For World's Children

Posted on March 03, 2008
A million children are killed annually by diarrhea disease caused by Shigella and Escherichia coli (E coli). The Info Project at the Bloomberg School of Health at John Hopkins University just published a fact sheet on "Developing New Vaccines Against Diarrheal Disease" by PATH...

Blogging Nurse Advises Family With Shigella

Posted on February 12, 2008
Martha Gesegnet, RN, is a blogger who writes for The Natural Health Maven.   She recently wrote about friends who were quarantined in the home with an outbreak of shigella.  Nurse Gesegnet writes:It seems that her 4 year old contracted"Shigella" at a movie theatre...

Peoria Reports Uptick in Shegella Cases

Posted on February 04, 2008
If something will "Play in Peoria," it usually means that the rest of the country won't be far behind.  Let's hope that's not true this time, however, as Peoria is experiencing a worrisome uptick  in its reported cases of shigella...

Peoria Reports Uptick in Shigella Cases

Posted on February 04, 2008
If something will "Play in Peoria," it usually means that the rest of the country won't be far behind.  Let's hope that's not true this time, however, as Peoria is experiencing a worrisome uptick  in its reported cases of shigella...

OK Pre-School Sends Children Home Due to Shigella

Posted on January 26, 2008
Tahlequah, Oklahoma is probably best known  for being the headquarters of the Cherokee Nation. Yesterday, the Tahlequah Daily Press reported that a pre-school there sent its students home after one was infected with "a common bacteria"---shigella...

Indy Health Officials Work to Break Shigella Uptick

Posted on January 04, 2008
Health officials in Marion County, Indiana are hoping the Christmas & New Year's break from school will also help break the back of a serious uptick in Shigella cases in the Hoosier State capital city area.Prior to the winter vacation, Indianapolis health officials were warning residents to wash their hands after noticing "a spike in the number of cases of a highly contagious infection that causes bloody diarrhea and fever...

Shigella outbreak in Fond du Lac

Posted on November 06, 2007
Parents of children who attend Roberts Elementary School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, received letters this week regarding a Shigella outbreak at the school.  At least 14 people have become ill with shigellosis since the outbreak began, and parents were warned of the symptoms of Shigella infection and were asked to keep kids home from school and daycare if they exhibit symptoms of the illness...

Shigella cases increase in Mississippi

Posted on November 05, 2007
The Associated Press reported that Mississippi is experiencing an increase in the number of Shigella cases reported in comparison to last year's numbers.  According to the Mississippi Department of Health, at least 103 people have been confirmed ill with Shigellosis in Harrison, Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone, and George Counties...

Shigella outbreak in Knox County

Posted on October 19, 2007
WATE reported this morning that at least ten children in Knox County schools have become ill with Shigellosis, an illness caused by the Shigella bacterium.  Because it is easily spread in young children, the Knox County Health Department is warning parents to be aware of the signs and symptoms of Shigellosis...

Curbing An Outbreak: Preventing Shigellosis

Posted on October 03, 2007
Rock-Island County is putting out word on how to prevent the spread of Shigella, a bacterium that causes dysentery and foodborne illness.  An article published in the Quad-City Times carried the health department's message: [Theresa] Foes, assistant administrator for the Rock Island County Health Department, said the virus is passed through the digestive tract...

Shigella outbreaks everywhere

Posted on September 25, 2007
Several newspapers and TV stations are reporting Shigella outbreaks in different areas today.  The first reported outbreak came from WQAD TV in Illinois, which reported on the Rock Island County Health Department's investigation into an ongoing Shigella outbreak: The Rock Island County Health Department says there are more confirmed cases of a fast spreading illness known as shigella...

Baby carrots source of Shigella outbreak

Posted on August 20, 2007
On Saturday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned consumers not to eat baby carrots produced by the Los Angeles Salad Company because the baby carrots had been identified as the source of a Shigella outbreak.  According to the CFIA warning: The affected product, Los Angeles Salad Company Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots, is labelled as product of Mexico and imported by Los Angeles Salad Company...

California Shigella outbreak investigation ongoing

Posted on August 17, 2007
Pasadena Health Department investigators continue to work to determine the source of a Shigella outbreak that was traced to a Souplantation restaurant earlier this month.  Yesterday's Arcadia  Weekly reported on the outbreak: Pasadena Public Health Department's ongoing shigella outbreak investigation, in coordination with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, has identified 44 confirmed or suspected cases linked to the Souplantation in Pasadena...

Shigella identified in child attending daycare

Posted on August 15, 2007
Montgomery County, Ohio, health officials are investigating a case of Shigellosis in an 8-year-old child who attends a daycare center, according to a report in the Dayton Daily News.  The child is one of approximately 40 who share a classroom at Clara's Heart day care center, which closed after the child was diagnosed...

Alabama warns of Shigella outbreak

Posted on July 31, 2007
Alabama health officials are warning residents that Shigella is making its way across the state.  The Troy Messenger carried a story on the outbreak today.  The story included information released by the Alabama Department of Public Health, which stated that 40 residents of Barbour, Crenshaw, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Pike counties have been ill with Shigellosis in the last three months...

South Dakota Shigellosis Cases Increasing

Posted on July 19, 2007
The South Dakota Department of Health is reminding parents to protect their children from shigellosis, a common bacterial infection that increases in the summer. Shigellosis is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water or by direct contact with an infected person...

Health Officials Controlling Outbreak of Shigella

Posted on June 28, 2007
Tri-State health officials say they've experienced an outbreak of shigella in the past few months, but that they've got the illness under control. Shigella is a bacteria that causes an infectious disease whose symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever – especially in young children...

Intestinal malady outbreak reported

Posted on June 28, 2007
A small outbreak of the intestinal infection known as shigellosis has been recorded in the past three weeks in Mobile County, the first outbreak health workers have seen in the area since 2002, according to the Mobile County Health Department. Shigellosis, caused by shigella bacteria, can be marked by dysentery, blood in the stool, diarrhea, fever, stomach cramping, headache, nausea and vomiting...

Flying the Unfriendly Skys

Posted on May 29, 2007
GATE GOURMET OUTBREAK FACTS In September, 2004, health agencies from many U.S. states, as well as international health agencies, began reporting persons ill with Shigella sonnei infections. Tests conducted on many U.S. residents who had cultured positive for the bacteria revealed a matching genetic pattern amongst the samples provided...

Shigella outbreak in Citrus County

Posted on May 18, 2007
Brooksville, Florida - In response to a recent Shigella outbreak in several Citrus County day care centers, The Hernando County Health Department is working to educate local residents about the bacteria. Symptoms of Shigella can include diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever and usually start within 1-7 days of exposure...

Shigellosis outbreak is afflicting children in day care

Posted on May 18, 2007
Health officials are calling on parents, caretakers, and workers at day-care centers and schools to help end an outbreak of a highly contagious intestinal illness called shigellosis. The outbreak started in early November and has spread to about 60 day cares in the city and in north St...

Infections linked to area daycares

Posted on April 30, 2007
Health department cites almost 80 cases of shigella, which can cause diarrhea, stomach pain and fever An outbreak of a diarrheal infection has hit daycares across the county the past few months, according to the Citrus County Health Department. Since January there have been almost 80 confirmed cases of shigella and about 30 other possible cases, assistant director of nursing Virginia Crandall said...

17,252 confirmed cases of food poisoning in 2006 in US

Posted on April 22, 2007
The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases (actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases) of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006, according to the CDC...

Katy School And Health Officials Fear Outbreak Of Intestinal Disease

Posted on April 19, 2007
The Katy Independent School District and Harris County health officials are trying to prevent an intestinal disease from turning into an outbreak at Golbow Elementary School. Several Golbow students have recently been diagnosed with shigellosis, a bacterial disease that causes diarrhea and other symptoms, said Carolyn S...