| an outbreak of food poisoning associated with restaurant-made mayonnaise in abha, saudi arabia. | in may 1996, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred among customers who bought dinner from a restaurant that specialised in fried chicken in abha city, south-west saudi arabia. the median incubation period was 10 hours (range: 3 to 27 hours). of the 10 food items served, only mayonnaise (rr 2.52; 95% ci 1.71-3.73) and minced garlic (rr 1.20; 95% ci 1.02-1.41) were associated with cases. salmonella enterica was isolated from 124 (84%) of the 159 persons with symptoms of food poisoning, and 91 (7 ... | 1998 | 9919018 |