Indiana E. coli not likely from food

Posted on October 8, 2007 by E. coli Lawyer

An E. coli outbreak among children who attend Galena Elementary School may not have come from a source inside or close to the school, according to an article in the News and Tribune.  In August, an E. coli case that may be related was identified outside Floyd County.  As the News and Tribune reported:

In a letter posted on the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. Web site Thursday, Dr. Tom Harris, Floyd County health officer, wrote that DNA test results have shown a link between the strain of the E. coli in the Galena cases with an isolated case reported outside the county in August.

State and county health officials would not identify the location of the isolated case.

“This finding suggests that outbreak strain may have been circulating in the community or the environment prior to the outbreak,” Harris wrote. “Some cases do not attend Galena Elementary School nor reside in Floyd County.”

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7 hospitalized with E. coli in Indiana

Posted on October 2, 2007 by E. coli Attorney

The Indianapolis Star reported today that the number of E. coli infections tied to Galena Elementary School in Floyd County, Indiana, has risen to ten.  Among the ten sickened, seven have been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Louisville, Kentucky. 

All the people infected are linked to Gelena Elementary School about 15 miles northwest of Louisville, Ky. Three of the cases are not students.

Brian Rublein, spokesman for Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, said seven children were hospitalized for E. coli infections, but he said federal privacy laws prohibited him from identifying them or describing their conditions.

While local, state, and federal investigators have not yet been able to identify the source of the E. coli outbreak, the school remains open.

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