# Shigella sonnei outbreak — Maryland, 1999-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 7 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-b869dd2ee329
- **Date:** 1999-09
- **State:** Maryland
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Shigella sonnei
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 7
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** potato salad;macaroni salad
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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