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Status: Active Alert number: 240314 Date issued: 13 Mar 2024 Issued by: Professor Ben Cowie, Chief Health Officer Issued to: Health professionals and the Victorian community
Key messages
There has been a Shigella gastroenteritis outbreak among people at the Esoteric festival. Additional patrons and staff who are returning to locations within Victoria and inter-state may develop symptoms in the coming days.
People who attended Esoteric Festival who have symptoms should get tested for Shigella with a stool sample.
Symptoms may include diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting.
Shigella gastroenteritis is generally a self-limiting infection but is highly contagious and can be potentially serious.
People with shigellosis who work as food handlers, childcare workers, health care workers, or workers in a residential facility should not return to work until advised.
People with Shigella gastroenteritis symptoms should maintain good hygiene, practice handwashing, avoid preparing food for others and practice safer sex practices.
Clinicians should include stool culture when testing patients for shigellosis.
Antibiotic treatment should only be used for severe infection.
Preliminary results suggest an antimicrobial resistant strain of Shigella, therefore standard empirical therapies for Shigella may not provide appropriate coverage in cases linked to this outbreak.
Faecal Disease Outbreak Hits Australian Music Festival, Affecting Hundreds
Updated: March 20, 2024
Edited by Nikhil Pandey
The outbreak was confirmed at the festival after 230 people who attended reported symptoms. ...
The festival took place from March 8th to 12th in Donald, Victoria. Health officials are urging anyone who attended the Esoteric Festival during that time to get tested immediately if they experience any gastrointestinal symptoms. ...
