Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection associated with eating alfalfa sprouts - Michigan and Virginia, June-July 1997

Article Abstract:

Outbreaks of Escherichia (E.) coli O157:H7 infection in Michigan and Virginia in the summer of 1997 were linked to contaminated alfalfa sprouts. This strain of E. coli has usually been linked to contaminated hamburger meat. During June and July, 1997, 60 cases were reported in Michigan and 48 in Virginia. In many of the patients, the specific strain isolated from blood samples was identical. Eating alfalfa sprouts was the most likely source of the infection. The sprouters in both states got their seed from the same seed distributor. Inspection of the sprouting facilities revealed no readily identifiable contamination.

Food poisoning, Alfalfa

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Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection and cryptosporidiosis associated with drinking unpasteurized apple cider - Connecticut and New York, October 1996

Article Abstract:

Consumers should avoid drinking unpasteurized apple juice or cider. In Oct, 1996, 14 people in Connecticut and New York became sick after drinking apple cider. Several had to be hospitalized because they had hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS has been linked to the O157:H7 strain of E. coli, which is a bacterium that normally occurs in the gastrointestinal tract. The cider in all cases had been produced at a local cider mill and had not been pasteurized. The owner of one mill used apples that had fallen to the ground. These apples could have been contaminated by manure from a nearby cattle ranch.

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, Cider

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Outbreaks of Escherichia coil O157:H7 Infections Among Children Associated With Farm Visits-- Pennsylvania and Washington, 2000

Article Abstract:

During the Spring and Fall of 2000, 56 schoolchildren in Pennsylvania and Washington State became ill and 19 were hospitalized with E. coli O157:H7 infection that they got from farm animals. This bacterium causes illness in about 73,500 Americans every year, 2,000 of whom are hospitalized, and 60 of whom die.

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