Last week, I was hired by the one case in Florida, so Florida is now on the map. So, why no cases in Alaska, Montana, Delaware, Louisiana, New Mexico or South Carolina?  They eat no peanut butter?  Someone should call the states’ health departments.

The CDC numbers as of last Wednesday are 636 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 44 states. Patients range in age from <1 to 98 years. The median age of patients is 16 years, which means that half of ill persons are younger than 16 years. 21% are age <5 years, 17% are >59 years. 48% of patients are female. Among persons with available information, 23% reported being hospitalized. Infection may have contributed to nine deaths: Idaho (1), Minnesota (3), North Carolina (1), Ohio (2), and Virginia (2).

The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (13), Arkansas (6), California (76), Colorado (15), Connecticut (10), Florida (1), Georgia (6), Hawaii (4), Idaho (16), Illinois (9), Indiana (9), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (48), Michigan (35), Minnesota (39), Missouri (14), Mississippi (7), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (13), New Jersey (23), New York (28), Nevada (6), North Carolina (6), North Dakota (17), Ohio (92), Oklahoma (4), Oregon (12), Pennsylvania (19), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (4), Tennessee (13), Texas (7), Utah (6), Vermont (4), Virginia (21), Washington (18), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (4), and Wyoming (2). Additionally, one ill person was reported from Canada.