Updated October 15 with additional illnesses A Shigella outbreak at LogHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights, IL includes 68 illnesses and nine hospitalizations, according to the St. Clair County Health Department. The illnesses were reported from customers who dined at the restaurant on September 21 and September 22.
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Shigella Symptoms
Shigella is a bacteria that causes severe illness. Genetically, it resembles E. coli and causes similar symptoms, both are spread through the fecal-oral route, meaning bacteria from an infected person’s stool are ingested by someone. At restaurants, this can happen if someone with an infection does not wash hands carefully after using the restroom and then prepares or serves food. Food ingredients also can become contaminated by an infected food handler before they reach the restaurant.
Symptoms of a Shigella infection include fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea that can be bloody. These symptoms usually develop within one to two days of exposure and last about a week. In some cases, severe complications can occur including Reiter’s syndrome, reactive arthritis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a form of kidney failure that is often fatal.
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