Update: 5 confirmed, 2 probable E. coli cases.
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling and Jordan Cuddemi of the New Hampshire Valley News report that Vermont Health officials are investigating a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 cases and warning physicians to watch for more cases.
According to Hongoltz-Hetling, Vermont health officials are warning clinicians to be on the lookout
From Seattle/King County Department of Health:
The investigation team is continuing to figure out where the E. coli O157 came from. We expected to find additional people who were exposed to the E. coli O157 linked to Los Chilangos before we closed them. To this point, we are able to say that there are four
Seattle King County Public Health is currently investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 – one of the most serious foodborne illnesses you can contract. Our thoughts are with the families affected by this outbreak, and we appreciate the support of the community as we work to protect the health of the public.
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The six cases currently being investigated include one death.
The Indiana State Department of Health has confirmed E. coli O157:H7 infection in three individuals as part of an investigation into reports of diarrheal illness in three northern Indiana counties. The cases are among a total of six illnesses currently being investigated.
ISDH is working with
The Fulton County Health Department, Wabash County Health Department and Indiana State Department of Health announced that they are investigating cases of E. coli O157 among children who attend a local daycare. Currently, all confirmed cases being investigated with this outbreak are associated with this daycare.
E. coli O157 is a contagious diarrheal illness that
Besides the confirmed case at the prison about 100 miles northeast of Reno, there are two suspected cases of E. coli being examined, the
The North Dakota Department of Health is investigating a possible cluster of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections in eastern North Dakota.
Three cases have been reported, all are less than 18 years of age and all reported attending the Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo which was held July 7 through 12.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has provided the following update to a E. coli investigation at Learning Vine Daycare in Greenwood County:
Learning Vine on Overland Drive in Greenwood shut down voluntarily on Monday. The closure followed the death of 2-year-old Myles Mayfield, of Greenwood, who died from hemolytic uremic syndrome, a condition associated with E. coli that can lead to kidney failure.
Since Myles’ death, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Environmental contamination with E. coli O157:H7 of the Dairy Barn at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds was the likely source