In March 2009, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) through routine surveillance identified six cases of laboratory-confirmed E. coli O157:H7 with identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern (PFGE) among employees of the same company, Aetna. See Connecticut Department of Public Health Investigation Report, Attachment No. 1. Kirk Lusk was one of the employees identified as
E. coli O145 Hits Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee – Source Unnamed
A total of 15 persons infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O145 infection have been identified in 6 states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), California (1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (5), and Tennessee (1).
Four ill persons have been hospitalized. One death has been
E. coli O157:H7 Found in Castle Farms Raw Milk in New York
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine today warned consumers in and around Chautauqua County to not consume “unpasteurized” raw farm milk from Castle Farms due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.
Castle Farms, located at 1051 Route 249 in Irving, New York, holds a Department permit to legally sell raw milk at the
Tracking the Source of Latest E. coli O145 Outbreak
E. coli O145 Spreads to Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and California
Local and national reporters like MSNBC’s Jonel Aleccia, CNN’s Miriam Falco, The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Christopher Seward, New Orleans WWLTV’s Meg Farris and Food Safety News’s James Andrews have done a magnificent job piecing together a mysterious and deadly E. coli O145 outbreak that health officials are racing to solve. Though the
E. coli O145 Outbreak in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Tennessee
The E. coli O145 outbreak that killed a 21-month-old girl in New Orleans on May 31 is connected to at least 11 illnesses across the southern United States, multiple state health departments confirmed yesterday. The Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee state health departments say they are working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
E. coli O145 Outbreak in Tennessee (1 ill), Louisiana (2 ill and 1 death), Georgia (5 ill), Alabama (2 ill) and Florida (1 ill)
According to various state heath departments a May E. coli O145 Outbreak in TN (1 ill), LA (2 ill and 1 death), GA (5 ill), AL (2 ill) and FL (1 ill) has sickened 12 – perhaps others – no source known. Here are some past E. coli O145 outbreaks: