Egg and bread recalls activated

EGG RECALL

SAN DIEGO - The number of San Diegans who have developed salmonella infections has skyrocketed in the past three months, coinciding with the recent recall of millions of potentially tainted eggs, a county Health and Human Services Department official said today.

Area doctors treated 86 patients for salmonella between May 19 and Wednesday, according to Tom Christensen of the HHSA. That compares to two patients between January and May 19, Christensen said.

He said there is no way to definitely confirm the patients were sickened by tainted eggs, but the time period correlates and the s...