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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
Media Contact:
Allison Thrash, Health Information Officer
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Office: 408-792-5155; Mobile: 669-225-0050
Allison.Thrash@phd.sccgov.org
UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING SHIGELLA OUTBREAK LINKED TO
RESTAURANT EXPOSURE IN SAN JOSE
Santa Clara County, CA: Since Saturday October 17th, over 80 individuals have become
acutely ill with fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea and have been reported to the Santa
Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD); all of these reported cases are
associated with the outbreak at Mariscos San Juan restaurant #3 (205 N. 4th Street in San
Jose). Many of the ill persons reported to SCCPHD have required hospital admission, of
which 12 required admission to intensive care. Thus far, at least 15 of the reported cases
are laboratory confirmed with Shigella (shigellosis). The investigation of this Shigella
outbreak is ongoing, and lab results from additional cases are expected to arrive daily.
The restaurant was closed on the morning of Sunday, October 18th by SCCPHD and the
Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health (DEH), and it will remain closed
until the safety of the public can be assured. All possible sources of contamination are
currently being investigated.
Shigellosis is an extremely contagious diarrheal disease caused by a group of bacteria
called Shigella. To help control the spread of this disease people should practice careful
hand washing (using soap) and ill persons should not prepare or handle food for others.
Symptoms of shigellosis typically start within 1?2 days after exposure and include:
diarrhea (sometimes bloody), fever, abdominal pain, tenesmus (a painful sensation of
needing to pass stools even when bowels are empty), and vomiting. It is spread by eating
or drinking something that has come into contact with stool of a person infected with
Shigella. For example, food may become contaminated if it has been prepared by an
infected food handler; water may be contaminated by infected fecal matter; or hands can
be contaminated while changing the diaper of an infected child or caring for an infected
person.
In persons with healthy immune systems, symptoms usually last about 5 to 7 days.
Persons with diarrhea usually recover completely, although it may be several months
before their bowel habits are entirely normal. Shigella can be very serious and in rare
cases, fatal. Patients with severe diarrhea or vomiting may become dehydrated and
require immediate medical attention to prevent shock.
If you ate at Mariscos San Juan restaurant #3 (205 N. 4th Street in San Jose) on Friday or
Saturday, October 16th or 17th, and you had sudden onset of diarrhea and fever within 1?2
days after eating there, please seek medical attention so that you can be tested and, if
your symptoms are severe, receive treatment.
Deputy Health Officer Dr. George Han and Director of Consumer Protection Division at the
Department of Environmental Health, Michael Balliet will give a brief statement providing
updates to the media tomorrow (Wednesday, October 21st) from 10:30 ? 10:45 a.m.
at 976 Lenzen Ave, San Jose CA 95126.
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San Jose restaurant food poisoning: More than 80 sick after outbreak at Mariscos San Juan
By Joe Rodriguezjrodriguez@mercurynews.com
POSTED: 10/20/2015 08:37:46 AM PDT20 COMMENTS
UPDATED: 10/21/2015 06:33:16 AM PDT
SAN JOSE -- Santa Clara County health officials Tuesday said up to 80 people have been sickened and 12 required intensive care treatment at hospitals after contracting Shigella, an easily transmittable bacteria, traced to a downtown seafood eatery, and they feared more than 100 other people could become infected over the next few days.
"It's very, very infectious," Public Health Director Sara Cody said during a news conference. "It doesn't take very much for this bacteria to spread."
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October 20, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
Media Contact:
Allison Thrash, Health Information Officer
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Office: 408-792-5155; Mobile: 669-225-0050
Allison.Thrash@phd.sccgov.org
UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING SHIGELLA OUTBREAK LINKED TO
RESTAURANT EXPOSURE IN SAN JOSE
Santa Clara County, CA: Since Saturday October 17th, over 80 individuals have become
acutely ill with fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea and have been reported to the Santa
Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD); all of these reported cases are
associated with the outbreak at Mariscos San Juan restaurant #3 (205 N. 4th Street in San
Jose). Many of the ill persons reported to SCCPHD have required hospital admission, of
which 12 required admission to intensive care. Thus far, at least 15 of the reported cases
are laboratory confirmed with Shigella (shigellosis). The investigation of this Shigella
outbreak is ongoing, and lab results from additional cases are expected to arrive daily.
The restaurant was closed on the morning of Sunday, October 18th by SCCPHD and the
Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health (DEH), and it will remain closed
until the safety of the public can be assured. All possible sources of contamination are
currently being investigated.
Shigellosis is an extremely contagious diarrheal disease caused by a group of bacteria
called Shigella. To help control the spread of this disease people should practice careful
hand washing (using soap) and ill persons should not prepare or handle food for others.
Symptoms of shigellosis typically start within 1?2 days after exposure and include:
diarrhea (sometimes bloody), fever, abdominal pain, tenesmus (a painful sensation of
needing to pass stools even when bowels are empty), and vomiting. It is spread by eating
or drinking something that has come into contact with stool of a person infected with
Shigella. For example, food may become contaminated if it has been prepared by an
infected food handler; water may be contaminated by infected fecal matter; or hands can
be contaminated while changing the diaper of an infected child or caring for an infected
person.
In persons with healthy immune systems, symptoms usually last about 5 to 7 days.
Persons with diarrhea usually recover completely, although it may be several months
before their bowel habits are entirely normal. Shigella can be very serious and in rare
cases, fatal. Patients with severe diarrhea or vomiting may become dehydrated and
require immediate medical attention to prevent shock.
If you ate at Mariscos San Juan restaurant #3 (205 N. 4th Street in San Jose) on Friday or
Saturday, October 16th or 17th, and you had sudden onset of diarrhea and fever within 1?2
days after eating there, please seek medical attention so that you can be tested and, if
your symptoms are severe, receive treatment.
Deputy Health Officer Dr. George Han and Director of Consumer Protection Division at the
Department of Environmental Health, Michael Balliet will give a brief statement providing
updates to the media tomorrow (Wednesday, October 21st) from 10:30 ? 10:45 a.m.
at 976 Lenzen Ave, San Jose CA 95126.
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San Jose restaurant food poisoning: More than 80 sick after outbreak at Mariscos San Juan
By Joe Rodriguezjrodriguez@mercurynews.com
POSTED: 10/20/2015 08:37:46 AM PDT20 COMMENTS
UPDATED: 10/21/2015 06:33:16 AM PDT
SAN JOSE -- Santa Clara County health officials Tuesday said up to 80 people have been sickened and 12 required intensive care treatment at hospitals after contracting Shigella, an easily transmittable bacteria, traced to a downtown seafood eatery, and they feared more than 100 other people could become infected over the next few days.
"It's very, very infectious," Public Health Director Sara Cody said during a news conference. "It doesn't take very much for this bacteria to spread."
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