DuPage County Restaurant 2005, non-O157 STEC
Enterotoxigenic E. coli O169:H41 was implicated in 24 illnesses from a DuPage County, Illinois restaurant. The health department investigation implicated the restaurant as the likely source of the infections, however no particular food could be identified as the likely vehicle of infection.
- Outbreak began:
- May 2005
- Affected Country:
- US
- Affected States/Territories:
- Illinois
- Organism(s):
-
- Non-O157 STEC
- Vehicle(s):
- Unknown
- Molecular Results Available:
- No
- Test Results:
- None
- Location(s):
- Restaurant
- Brand Name(s):
- Total ill:
- 24
- Number ill by Case Definition Known:
- Yes
- Number Laboratory Confirmed Cases:
- 3
- Number Probable Cases:
- 21
- Number Possible Cases:
- 0
- Anyone Hospitalized:
- No
- Number Hospitalized:
- 0
- Any Deaths:
- No
- Number Dead:
- 0
- Any References:
- Yes