A Foodborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Involving Two Different Pathogens

On the evening of October 10, 1990, many of the 474 inmates of a state prison in Florida began to experience symptoms of gastroenteritis. An investigation included interviews with inmates, evaluation of the kitchen and food-handling practices, cultures of leftover food, stool cultures, and cultures...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1992-09, Vol.136 (5), p.611-616
Main Authors: Meehan, Patrick J., Atkeson, Thomas, Kepner, Douglas E., Melton, Margaret
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacteriophage Typing
Biological and medical sciences
Disease Outbreaks
Florida - epidemiology
food contamination
Food Handling - standards
Food Microbiology
food poisoning
gastroenteritis
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Other diseases. Semiology
Prisons
Risk Factors
Salmonella food poisoning
Salmonella Food Poisoning - epidemiology
Salmonella Food Poisoning - etiology
Salmonella Food Poisoning - microbiology
Salmonella infantis
staphylococcal food poisoning
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - etiology
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - microbiology
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Time Factors
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Summary:On the evening of October 10, 1990, many of the 474 inmates of a state prison in Florida began to experience symptoms of gastroenteritis. An investigation included interviews with inmates, evaluation of the kitchen and food-handling practices, cultures of leftover food, stool cultures, and cultures from the nares and skin lesions of food handlers. Of the 331 inmates interviewed, 215 (65%) had diarrhea, vomiting, or both. The median incubation period was 5 hours (range, 1–41 hours). Cases with onset of illness 8 or more hours after the evening meal were more likely than those with earlier onset to have had only diarrhea without vomiting (ρ
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116539