Investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Associated with Truffle Oil — District of Columbia, 2015

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Kuramoto-Crawford, S. Janet ; McGee, Sasha ; Li, Keith ; Hennenfent, Andrew K. ; Dassie, Kossia ; Carney, Jhetari T. ; Gibson, Arian ; Cooper, Ivory ; Blaylock, Morris ; Blackwell, Reginald ; Fields, Angela ; Davies-Cole, John
• Description:
  On September 8, 2015, the District of Columbia Department of Health (DCDOH) received a call from a person who reported experiencing gastrointestinal illness after eating at a District of Columbia (DC) restaurant with multiple locations throughout the United States (restaurant A). Later the same day, a local emergency department notified DCDOH to report four persons with gastrointestinal illness, all of whom had eaten at restaurant A during August 30-September 5. Two patients had laboratory-confirmed Salmonella group D by stool culture. On the evening of September 9, a local newspaper article highlighted a possible outbreak associated with restaurant A. Investigation of the outbreak by DCDOH identified 159 patrons who were residents of 11 states and DC with gastrointestinal illness after eating at restaurant A during July 1-September 10. A case-control study was conducted, which suggested truffle oil-containing food items as a possible source of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis infection. Although several violations were noted during the restaurant inspections, the environmental, laboratory, and traceback investigations did not confirm the contamination source. Because of concern about the outbreak, the restaurant's license was suspended during September 10-15. The collaboration and cooperation of the public, media, health care providers, and local, state, and federal public health officials facilitated recognition of this outbreak involving a pathogen commonly implicated in foodborne illness.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Case-Control Studies Child Disease Outbreaks Feces Female Full Report Humans Male Middle Aged Oils Restaurants Salmonella Enteritidis Salmonella Food Poisoning Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 66(10):278-281.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6610a4
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  28301453
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5657869
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce2d49fca389d55c1df37effd3d950a101f7eb24e5871f3325d461f87cd084c6ecb8280c6818b9b87cecff743df0293fd4b1b4791e6b6dd1afeb631044087a6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55738/cdc_55738_DS1.pdf
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