TABLE 2—
Number of Outbreaks, Median Number of Illnesses Per Outbreak, Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths of Foodborne Correctional Institution Outbreaks and Number of Other Outbreaks by Etiological Agent: United States, 1998–2014
| Correctional Institution |
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| Etiological Agent | Other Outbreaks (n = 7353), No. (%) | Outbreaks (n = 128), No. (%) | Median Ill (Range) | Ill, No. | Hospitalizations, No. | Deaths, No. |
| Clostridium perfringens | 307 (4) | 36 (28) | 94 (10–950) | 5566 | 41 | 0 |
| Salmonella | 1955 (27) | 35 (27) | 24 (3–552) | 2848 | 70 | 5 |
| Serotype enteritidis | 588 (8) | 16 (13) | 15 (3–552) | 985 | 12 | 0 |
| Serotype typhimurium | 281 (4) | 6 (5) | 38 (21–404) | 657 | 24 | 4 |
| Serotype heidelberg | 142 (2) | 5 (4) | 26 (4–517) | 606 | 6 | 0 |
| Other serotypea | 944 (13) | 8 (6) | 38 (4–250) | 600 | 28 | 1 |
| Norovirus | 2910 (40) | 21 (16) | 58 (4–471) | 1693 | 1 | 0 |
| Escherichia coli | 442 (6) | 12 (9) | 25 (6–209) | 469 | 32 | 0 |
| STEC O157 | 383 (5) | 10 (8) | 17 (6–45) | 208 | 29 | 0 |
| ETEC | 7 (< 1) | 1 (1) | 209 (209–209) | 209 | 0 | 0 |
| STEC O45 | 2 (< 1) | 1 (1) | 52 (52–52) | 52 | 3 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 189 (3) | 8 (6) | 40 (15–206) | 447 | 1 | 0 |
| Campylobacter species | 289 (4) | 6 (5) | 78 (4–1644) | 2009 | 9 | 0 |
| Bacillus cereus | 74 (1) | 4 (3) | 49 (9–103) | 210 | 0 | 0 |
| Clostridium botulinum | 43 (1) | 4 (3) | 7 (4–8) | 25 | 17 | 0 |
| Ciguatoxin | 215 (3) | 1 (1) | 2 (2–2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Histamine | 36 (< 1) | 1 (1) | 13 (13–13) | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 893 (12) | 0 (0) | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
Note. ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli; STEC = shiga toxin–producing E. coli.
a
All other Salmonella serotypes had only 1 associated correctional institution outbreak. Death was attributable to Salmonella serotype miami.