An outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis associated with delicatessen meat contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

In June 2001, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services/Public Health conducted a cohort study of an outbreak of acute febrile gastroenteritis among 16 of 44 healthy attendees of a catered party. The median age of the attendees who became ill was 15.5 years.