Portillo's Salmonella Outbreak in Illinois Associated with Restaurant Salad
Portillo's helped Salmonella outbreak investigators link 15 illnesses to salad served at the restaurant. The Illinois investigation into the Portillo's Salmonella outbreak in Kane County centered on the Portillo's restaurant in St. Charles.
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A press release from the Kane County Health Department said the investigation is not over. "An exact cause of the outbreak has not been identified; however the weight of evidence leans toward the ingestion of salad,'' the statement said. "It is not known how the salad became contaminated.''
The number of confirmed cases stands at 15, with eight from Kane County, four from 4 DuPage County, one from Chicago, one from DeKalb County, and one from Minnesota. Officials said two employees of the St. Charles Portillo's were found to be infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, but they are considered victims of the outbreak -- not the cause.
Ten of the victims are female and all illness started between April 5-30. Three of the infected individuals were hospitalized.
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