Shigella outbreak linked to San Jose restaurant spreads to other Bay Area counties

Shigella outbreak linked to San Jose restaurant spreads to other Bay Area counties, The shigella beginning has advance to two added Bay Area counties afterwards accessible bloom admiral accustomed added letters of patients who were adulterated by the bacterial ache affiliated to a San Jose seafood restaurant.

The San Mateo Canton Bloom System accepted Thursday three cases of shigella were affiliated to the San Jose outbreak. Bloom admiral in Santa Cruz Canton are investigating doubtable cases of shigella.

The amount of patients who appear affection associated with the bacterial infection now exceeds 100, canton accessible bloom admiral said.

Santa Clara Canton bloom admiral say at atomic 93 cases of shigella accept been appear to the agency. Of those cases, 24 were accepted to be shigellosis, an communicable diarrheal ache acquired by a accumulation of bacilli alleged shigella.

The beginning started over the weekend if dozens of humans appear activity acutely ill afterwards bistro at Mariscos San Juan Restaurant No. 3 in the 200 block of North 4th Street. Many patients who ate at the restaurant Friday or Saturday appropriate hospitalization, and 12 bare intensive-care treatment.

The communicable ache spreads if aliment or baptize has been handled by attenuated easily or an adulterated person.

Produce attenuated by animal carrion or by attenuated flies landing on aliment can aswell accomplish humans sick, according to the Centers for Ache Control and Prevention. Flies can brand in carrion attenuated with shigella.

Patients adulterated with shigella usually alpha to feel ailing one to two canicule afterwards they accept been exposed. Affection of shigella cover diarrhea, agitation and belly pain. The affection usually lasts amid 5 and seven days, but shigella can be baleful in patients with astringent symptoms.

Gregory Meissner -- one of two barter who filed lawsuits adjoin the restaurant afterwards bistro there and acceptable ill -- said he ordered a ceviche tostada Friday and woke up the next morning activity sick. He was ailing until Sunday.

The restaurant has remained bankrupt as bloom admiral investigate the outbreak.

Santa Clara Canton accessible bloom admiral said Wednesday that they was still accepting letters of shigella cases from healthcare providers. Bloom board were interviewing and testing the restaurant’s aliment handlers.

“People with diarrhea -- even balmy -- have to not work, abnormally aliment account workers, healthcare providers, and childcare workers,” the bloom administration said. “Proper and common duke abrasion is actual important in preventing connected spread.”
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