Staphylococcus aureus | The International Outbreak Museum

Outbreak: Holiday Lunch Buffet
Product: Sliced Turkey Meat	Investigation Start Date: 12/10/2014
Location: Maitland, Florida	Etiology: Staphylococcus aureus & Bacillus cereus
Earliest known case onset date: 12/10/2014	Latest case onset date: 12/11/2014
Confirmed/Presumptive Case Count: 6 / 135	Positive Food Samples: 7
Hospitalizations: 8	Deaths: 0

Outbreak location: Maitland, Florida.
Emergency first response to outbreak.
Stack of outbreak investigation interviews.
Crude Attack Rate of Gastrointestinal Illness according to Consumption of Food Items and Beverages among Study Participants (n=349), Holiday Lunch Buffet, Orange County, Florida, December 2014.
Epidemic Curve by Onset of Illness among Holiday Lunch Buffet Attendees, Orange County, Florida, December 10-11, 2014.
Attack Rate of Gastrointestinal Illness according to Consumption of Select Food Items among Study Participants, Holiday Lunch Buffet, Orange County, Florida, December 2014.
Laboratory Results from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Analysis of Clinical Samples from Holiday Lunch Buffet, Orange County, Florida, December 2014.
Laboratory Results from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Analysis of Food Samples from Holiday Lunch Buffet, Orange County, Florida, December 2014.
The event buffet.
Event picture of left buffet line
Event picture of right buffet line
Storage of collected food

OUTBREAK SUMMARY:

An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, which sickened 141 persons, was caused by sliced turkey contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins served during a catered holiday lunch buffet at a multi-business office complex in Maitland, Florida on December 10, 2014. The outbreak, initially reported to the Florida Department of Health in Orange … Continue Reading ››