{"id":329667,"date":"2026-05-23T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329667\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:24:14","slug":"county-reports-two-local-cases-in-statewide-kebab-shop-e-coli-outbreak-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329667\/","title":{"rendered":"County Reports Two Local Cases in Statewide Kebab Shop\u00a0E.Coli\u00a0Outbreak\u00a0 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tReading Time:   &lt; 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>County health officials are urging anyone who has eaten at The Kebab Shop\u00a0restaurant chain\u00a0between March 27 and April 30, 2026,\u00a0and\u00a0later became ill\u00a0with a stomach illness to get medical care right away amid a statewide outbreak of\u00a0Shiga toxin-producing\u00a0E. coli\u00a0(STEC).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Locally, two people have become infected with STEC after eating at local The Kebab Shop locations. One was hospitalized but since released. Statewide, nine STEC cases across five counties are linked to the chain\u2019s beef kofta dish. Six patients are children. Five people have been hospitalized, and two developed hemolytic uremic syndrome(HUS), a serious complication that can cause kidney damage and is sometimes fatal. No deaths have been reported, and no cases outside California are currently connected to the outbreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/OPA\/Pages\/NR26-022.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California Department of Public Health<\/a> is investigating. The restaurant chain is fully cooperating with public health officials and stopped selling the beef dish on or before May 18. Health officials say customers are no longer at risk from eating the product. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0County\u2019s Public Health Services\u2019\u00a0Epidemiology\u00a0unit\u00a0and\u00a0Department of\u00a0Environmental Health\u00a0and Quality\u202fare working with state\u00a0and federal\u00a0health officials on the local investigation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you visited The Kebab Shop between March 27 and April 30, 2026 and developed stomach symptoms, please seek medical help right away.,\u201d said\u202fDr.\u00a0Sayone Thihalolipavan, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer.\u00a0\u201cChildren,\u00a0older\u00a0adults and people with weakened immune systems\u00a0face the highest risk from STEC infections.\u201d\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>STEC\u00a0symptoms\u00a0typically\u00a0begin\u00a0three to four days after eating or drinking something\u202fcontaminated with\u202fthe bacteria.\u00a0Common\u00a0symptoms\u00a0include severe abdominal\u00a0cramps, watery or bloody diarrhea and\u00a0vomiting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People\u202fwith these\u202fsymptoms\u00a0should\u202fcontact\u202ftheir\u202fhealthcare\u202fprovider.\u202f\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegocounty.gov\/content\/sdc\/hhsa\/programs\/phs\/community_epidemiology\/dc\/Shiga-toxin-producing-E-coli.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">To learn more about\u00a0E.Coli, visit the County website.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute County health officials are urging anyone who has eaten at The Kebab Shop\u00a0restaurant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[101600,1570,136857,74,76,75,136858],"class_list":["post-329667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-e-coli","tag-health","tag-kebab-shop","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-stec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}