# Clostridium perfringens outbreak — Arizona, 1999-05
> **Food** · Confirmed · 238 ill / 6 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-0d4505a3121f
- **Date:** 1999-05
- **State:** Arizona
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Clostridium perfringens
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Caterer
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 238
- **Hospitalizations:** 6
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** beef, other;beans, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** beef;legume
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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