Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) — United States
A week after softball fundraisers served up jambalaya in a Louisiana town of about 400, state health officials reported a foodborne illness count of 158, with 40 hospitalized. One person who ate the jambalaya has died, but it is not yet known whether a foodborne pathogen was the cause of death. Health officials ordered an autopsy this past week on the body of a 56 year old man, in hopes of making that determination.
“Officials are working with the pathologist responsible for the autopsy and
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