Global & Disaster Medicine

1 Death from the Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce

May 3rd, 2018

CDC

As of May 1, 2018, 121 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 25 states…..Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to April 21, 2018. Ill people range in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age of 29. Sixty-three percent of ill people are female. Of 102 people with information available, 52 (51%) have been hospitalized, including 14 people who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. One death was reported from California.…”

Map of United States - People infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli, by state of residence, as of May 1, 2018

Epi curve of people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli, by date of illness onset, as of May 1, 2018

 

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