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British Group Warns Against Overuse of Antibiotics
The emergence in England of an E. coli 026 bug that is resistant to families of antibiotics, including penicillins, has sparked new discussion about the heavy use of antibiotics on farms.
This week, ministers on a British government veterinary committee…
Tennessee Searching for Source of 2 E. coli Cases
Health officials in Fayetteville, Tenn., are searching for the source of two confirmed E. coli O157:H7 cases in the surrounding Lincoln County area. Shelley Walker, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, told the Elk Valley Times newspaper…
Far-Flung E. coli Cases Share Same Fingerprint
Health officials in Canada and the United States have discovered that five cases of E. coli O157:H7 in southern California, South Dakota and New Jersey carry the same genetic fingerprint as 21 confirmed E. coli cases in southeastern Ontario.>
The Canadian…
Petting Zoo Closes As Precaution Against E. coli
Health officials in Beaufort County, N.C., are working with area schools and health care providers to identify and test for E. coli O157:H7 in school-age children after several cases were confirmed last week.
As a precaution, a petting zoo in…
E. coli in 8 Children Prompts Investigation in Colorado
Laboratory testing has identified similarities in the specific strains of E. coli O157:H7 infections found in several of eight children who contracted the bacteria in the Evergreen mountain area of Colorado.
Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) in…
Iowa Reports Jump in E. coli cases
As two children sickened by E. coli O157:H7 remain hospitalized in Iowa from complications of their infections, the Iowa Department of Public Health has issued a press release alerting the public to a statewide spike in confirmed E. coli cases…
E. coli leads to HUS for two children
Of the four confirmed cases of E. coli 0157:H7 in southeastern Iowa and western Illinois, two are young children hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complication from the infection.
The two children, who were admitted to the University of…
Forest Ranch, California E. coli Outbreak Linked to Beef Tri-Tip
Butte County Public Health is continuing to investigate a California E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak that sickened at least twenty-seven people. The outbreak occurred among attendees of a fundraiser for the Forest Ranch Volunteer Fire Department. The people sickened ranged in age…
