Salmonella bacteria is the agent that caused 80 people to be hospitalized after eating bread

On November 8, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced that hospitals in the area had recorded more than 80 cases of suspected food poisoning after eating bread purchased at the same bakery on Nguyen Thai Son Street, Hanh Thong Ward. Test results showed that salmonella bacteria was the cause of the above food poisoning cases.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, as of the morning of November 8, 4 hospitals had reported to the Department with a total of more than 80 cases, of which 47 patients had been discharged. Specifically, Military Hospital 175 recorded 47 cases; Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, 16 cases; Gia Dinh People's Hospital 19 cases and Binh Dan Hospital 1 case.

A patient was poisoned after eating bread and is being treated at Tam Anh General Hospital. Photo: BV

At Gia Dinh People's Hospital alone, on November 5, among 19 cases hospitalized for suspected food poisoning symptoms after eating meat sandwiches purchased at a sandwich shop on Nguyen Thai Son Street, Hanh Thong Ward, one case had symptoms of severe abdominal pain, vomiting, repeated diarrhea, and a positive blood culture result for Salmonella bacteria.

Currently, most of the patients' health has stabilized, some have been discharged from the hospital, the remaining cases continue to be monitored and treated according to the regimen issued by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health .

After receiving the information, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health directed hospitals in the area to ensure admission, classification and treatment of food poisoning cases according to the issued treatment regimen. The regimen includes measures for rehydration and electrolyte replacement, monitoring of vital signs and organ function, appropriate paraclinical indications, and taking stool samples and blood cultures when suspected of invasive infection before using antibiotics.

In case of antibiotic prescription, doctors are required to consider the direction of salmonella group of intestinal bacteria and adjust according to the results of antibiotic resistance test when available. Hospitals have implemented a system of quick reporting to the Medical Department about the admission situation, number of severe cases, microbiological results and complications (if any) to help the Department of Health promptly coordinate and unify the treatment regimen.

Initially, clinical and paraclinical data of most patients with food poisoning after eating bread showed that the cause was intestinal bacteria, most likely salmonella. The treating hospitals coordinated to provide information to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety to serve the task of tracing and verifying the cause.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety has temporarily suspended the related bakery business to serve the investigation, collect food and environmental samples, and conduct professional steps to determine the cause of the poisoning according to its authority.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/van-de-quan-tam/vi-khuế-salmonella-la-tac-nhan-khien-80-nguoi-nhap-vien-sau-khi-an-banh-mi-20251108101338236.htm