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Canada – E.coli O157 Outbreak

Posted on January 13, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Unknown Source Windham – Willimantic, Connecticut:  The North Central District Health Department has reported seven E. coli O157:H7 cases.  The Department of Public Health said it is investigating and believes all of the people were infected between mid-December and Christmas time.

All of them required the patients to be hospitalized, according to the department.

Health officials said five of them were mild cases, but two were a severe form of the bacterial infection known as Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, or HUS.  They said the people with the mild cases have already been released, but one of the two with HUS remains in the hospital.

The source of the E. coli O157:H7 has not been found.

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USA Research – Retail Buffalo Meat – E.coli O157:H

Posted on December 30, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Escherichia coli O157 (E. coli O157) has been isolated from bison retail meat, a fact that is important given that bison meat has been implicated in an E. coli O157-multistate outbreak. In addition, E. coli O157 has also been isolated from bison feces at slaughter and on farms. Cattle are well documented as E. coli O157 reservoirs, and the primary site of E. coli O157 persistence in such reservoirs is the rectoanal junction (RAJ), located at the distal end of the bovine gastrointestinal tract.

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Research – Five Year Study How to Control E.coli in Beef

Posted on December 23, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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A major five year research study is looking at E. coli bacteria in beef and how to control it in the food supply. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is heading up the study, along with scientists at Kansas State University and other institutions such as New Mexico State University and the University of California-Davis. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) bacteria cause serious illnesses, including hemolytic uremic syndrome, in hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. Of the 500 known STEC bacteria, 100 can cause human disease

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USA – Research -The E. coli O157:H7 Bacteria and its Complications

Posted on December 6, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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E. coli O157:H7 is one of hundreds of strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli.[1]  Most strains of E. coli are harmless and live as normal flora in the intestines of healthy humans and animals.[2]  The E. coli bacterium is among the most extensively studied microorganism.[3]  The combination of letters and numbers in the name of the E. coli O157:H7 refers to the specific markers found on its surface and distinguishes it from other types of E. coli.[4]  The testing done to distinguish E. coli O157:H7 from its other E. coli counterparts is called serotyping.[5]  Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (“PFGE”),[6]sometimes also referred to as genetic fingerprinting, is used to compare E. coli O157:H7 isolates to determine if the strains are distinguishable.[7]

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USA – Beef and Pork Product Recall E.coli STEC

Posted on December 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Cloud’s Meats, Inc. is voluntarily recalling beef and pork products possibly contaminated with E. coli. following positive test results for non-0157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STECs) in samples of items produced mid-November. The samples were taken during routine testing conducted by the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Meat and Poultry Inspection Program November 14 and analyzed by the Department’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Springfield.

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Australia Petting Zoo – More E.coli Cases

Posted on November 14, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Nearly 50 Queenslanders have contracted E. coli in an outbreak linked to the  Ekka’s petting zoo.

Queensland Health said 49 people, including 31 children aged between one and  15, had contracted the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC).

A 33-year-old Brisbane woman and three children, aged six, 11 and 12 – all  from different families living in different suburbs – were the first to test  positive to the potentially deadly bacteria on August 23.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/more-ekka-e-coli-cases-50-now-infected-20130909-2tfcd.html#ixzz2kdteTrHH

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USA – More Raw Milk – E.coli

Posted on November 4, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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WATE TV reports that Deputies and Health Department workers swarmed a Knox County dairy farm Thursday after health officials say several children were sickened with E. coli linked to consuming raw milk.

The owner of McBee Dairy Farm on Strong Road in Mascot says he warns all her customers about the risk. Tennesseans can legally drink raw milk if they own the cow and McBee Dairy Farm is a privately owned cow-share operation.

At least three children were hospitalized with illness from E. coli.

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