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
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
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
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:
A few months ago the CDC refused to name Taco Bell as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened many. Now it seems like South Carolina is learning that bad behavior.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is requesting heightened surveillance for persons presenting with symptoms consistent with Shiga toxin
Those damn sprouts
Yesterday, Cleveland Beansprouts Co., Cleveland, recalled alfalfa sprouts because of possible listeria contamination. No lot codes or any other identifier are on the sprouts, which were distributed in Ohio, according to a company news release posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website.
And a few months, a total of 29 persons
WKYT TV reports that so far at least three central Kentucky children are now recovering after investigators suspect they were exposed to E. coli.
6-year-old Ramsey King is one of three kindergarten students at Stanford Elementary recovering from suspected E. coli exposure. King is one of two children still at UK Hospital where doctors have
According to Kentucky news media, as many as three Stanford Elementary School kindergarten students may have contracted E. coli according to Ronnie Deatherage, director of operations for the Lincoln County Public Schools. State and local health officials are investigating the case and have examined the elementary school cafeteria without finding a cause. Two of the
KBIR reports, three children are in the hospital following an E. coli outbreak at a Cocke County daycare facility.
According to the Tennessee Department of Health, three juveniles, all of whom attend the same daycare facility in Newport, were diagnosed with E. coli symptoms.
The source of the bacteria is currently unknown, but managers of