A Maryland resident was one of hundreds across the country sickened by salmonella after eating cucumbers imported from Mexico.
State and federal officials released few details about the person because they still are investigating the case. But it is likely the cucumber was purchased or eaten in another state because none of the produce was believed to have been sold in Maryland stores, said Dr. Lucy Wilson, an infectious-disease physician with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The national outbreak, first announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, has killed four people and sickened 732 in 35 states, prompting several recalls of the cucumbers identified as the source of the salmonella. The deaths occurred in Arizona, California, Texas and Oklahoma.