Thursday, 20 May 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - USA (07): (WA, AZ) O157, children, yogurt, recall

E. coli -- United States
Food Safety News reported that more patients are being identified by investigators working on an _E. coli_ O157 outbreak that has been limited to Washington State. However, today [19 May 2021] Arizona officials confirmed there is a child in that state with an infection from the same strain of the pathogen.
There are 11 confirmed patients in Washington in the outbreak linked to locally produced organic yogurt sold by Pure Eire Dairy. Another 3 probable patients are from the Moses Lake area

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8371977&promed&0

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