Arizona health officials track salmonella flare-up

State health officials are investigating a food-poisoning outbreak that has sickened 14 people in Arizona. The top epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services said seven of those ill in Arizona had to be hospitalized after becoming infected with salmonella. He said other states - California, Idaho and Nevada - also reported infections from the same strain. He said the outbreak this fall in Arizona has been surprising because so many of the people infected in Arizona had to be hospitalized and because the rod-shaped germ has resisted some antibiotics. Arizona experts believe the outbreak stemmed from an undetermined product sold by a chain store. However, they are not certain which food carried the germ or whether it is still being sold.

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1212B1-Salmonella1212.html