Published Date: 2011-10-26 16:55:43
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli VTEC - USA: (NC) RFI
Archive Number: 20111026.3184
E. COLI VTEC - USA: (NORTH CAROLINA), REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Tue 25 Oct 2011
Source: WRAL [edited]
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10298459/
The North Carolina Division of Public Health is investigating an _E.
coli_ outbreak in Wake County, affecting at least 6 children and one
adult, state health department spokeswoman Renee McCoy said Tue 25 Oct
2011.
Four people were hospitalized; 2 had been discharged, and 2 children
were in intensive care Tue 25 Oct 2011, McCoy said. The state is
working with the Wake County Health Department to determine whether
the cases are related. They were still interviewing patients and
awaiting the results of lab tests, which should be completed next
week, McCoy said.
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[There is little information in this posting to characterize the
pathotype of _E. coli_, but given the illnesses, it is likely to be an
enterohemorrhagic one, the prototypic strain in this group being
O157:H7. ProMED awaits more information regarding the organism, the
clinical illnesses and presumed reservoir, whether food, water or
animal exposure.
It should be noted that Wake County's county seat is Raleigh, which is
also the state capital and the home of the NC State Fair, which ran
from 13-23 Oct 2011. The web site for the State Fair does not
specifically state whether a petting zoo was part of the Fair, but in
2004, a substantial cluster of _E. coli_ O157 occurred which was
linked to a petting zoo at the NC State Fair. - Mod.LL]
See Also
E. coli O157 - USA (08): (WI) more cases 20111016.3101E. coli O157 - USA (07): (WI) 20110915.2819
E. coli O157 - USA (06): (OR) strawberry, deer dropping source
20110819.2520
E. coli O157 - USA (05): (PA) lake swimming 20110817.2493
E. coli O157 - USA (04): (PA) lake swimming 20110810.2428
E. coli O157 - USA (03): (OR) strawberry 20110809.2413
E. coli O157 - USA (02): (AL) water park 20110629.1981
E. coli O157 - USA: Lebanon bologna, alert, recall 20110325.0946
E. coli O157 - North America: hazelnut, alert, recall 20110310.0777
2010
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E. coli O157 - USA (07): cheese 20101105.4007
E. coli VTEC non-O157 - USA (07): O26, ground beef, alert, recall
20100831.3097
E. coli O157 - USA (06): ground beef, alert, recall 20100809.2715
E. coli O157 - USA (05): (CO, NY), bison meat, alert, recall
20100709.2286
E. coli O157 - USA (04): (MN) unpasteurized milk 20100607.1900
E. coli O157 - USA (03): (MN) unpasteurized milk 20100528.1776
E. coli O157 - USA (02): (WA), day care 20100413.1200
E. coli VTEC non-O157 - USA (02): (OH, MI, NY) O145 20100505.1460
E. coli VTEC non-O157 - USA: (MI, OH) 20100427.1358
E. coli O157 - USA: 2009, tenderized non-intact steak 20100108.0092
2004
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E. coli 0157, petting zoo - USA (NC) (04) 20041219.3348
E. coli O157, petting zoo - USA (NC) 20041103.2982
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