An outbreak of food-borne illness due to XXXX contamination.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity16035 @entity137 @entity1353 @entity2133 @entity391 @entity344 @entity425 @entity1296 @entity10 @entity579 @entity11583 @entity2055
BACKGROUND: On December 26, 2002, 124 dinners took ill while eating lunch at a seafood restaurant in the town of Chiching in Kaohsiung municipality of Taiwan. Sixty-nine @entity1 were sent to the emergency departments of the Municipal Chiching Hospital and Yuan's General Hospital. METHODS: We analyzed the clinical symptoms, detailed food history, and ingested amount of each food from 59 hospitalized adult @entity1 and identified the source of the outbreak. RESULTS: The median latency period from beginning eating to first symptoms was 5 min. Twenty-six symptoms and signs were recorded. The most commonly reported clinical effects were general weakness (84%), @entity2055 (82%), @entity1296 (82%), @entity391 (80%), sweating (75%), floating sensation (71%), @entity10 (69%), @entity1353 (69%), and @entity227 (67%). Thirty-one @entity1 had residual symptoms 7 days after ingestion. Of the six residual symptoms reported, the most frequent ones were @entity1296 (40%), poor appetite and @entity2133 (11%), and @entity344 (11%). The presence of residual symptoms correlated with the severity of the initial complaints (p < 0.01). Almost all @entity1 ate cooked @entity579 (93%) and leaf vegetable stir-fried with crab claw (93%). The amount of each food eaten by the @entity1 was not associated with the severity of symptoms (p > 0.05). High levels of @entity16035 in leaf vegetables of "leaf vegetables stir-fried with crab claws" (380 ppm) and fried mussels (1113 ppm) were found by the Food Inspection Center at the Department of Health. The food history and chemical analysis of the poison indicated @entity16035 was the cause of this outbreak. Twenty-four @entity1 recovered completely within 7 days. CONCLUSION: Food-related @entity16035 intoxication produced a rapid onset of significant clinical @entity137 in 124 individuals. Based on the analysis of 55 adult @entity1 , the most common effects were @entity11583 , @entity1296 , generalized @entity425 .
