FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 17, 2022

LAS VEGAS – The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting a case of Listeria in a Clark County resident. The patient is an adult male who was hospitalized and released. The patient reported eating enoki mushrooms during the incubation period. The Health District is continuing its investigation into this case. The Clark County case is one of two that have been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Federal investigators are currently working to identify the specific brands of enoki mushrooms that may be contaminated with Listeria. An outbreak linked to enoki mushrooms occurred in 2020, and since that time several brands of enoki mushrooms have been recalled.

More information about the current outbreak and Listeria is available on the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/enoki-11-22/index.html.

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