Topps and Price Chopper 2005
A child was hospitalized with a diagnosis of hemolytic uremic syndrome, a complication of an infection with E. coli O157:H7. The child had eaten a Topps brand, quarter pound, beef patty that had been purchased at a Price Chopper store. The E. coli O157:H7 isolated from leftover hamburger patties was a genetic match to the E. coli O157:H7 that had been isolated from the child's stool.
- Outbreak began:
- September 2005
- Affected Country:
- US
- Affected States/Territories:
- New York
- Organism(s):
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- E. coli O157:H7
- Vehicle(s):
- Beef, Ground Beef
- Molecular Results Available:
- Unknown
- Test Results:
- None
- Location(s):
- Grocery Store
- Brand Name(s):
- Topp's
- Product Subject to Recall:
- Unknown
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- Recall Links:
- None
- Total ill:
- 1
- Number ill by Case Definition Known:
- Yes
- Number Laboratory Confirmed Cases:
- 1
- Number Probable Cases:
- 0
- Number Possible Cases:
- 0
- Anyone Hospitalized:
- Yes
- Number Hospitalized:
- 1
- Any Deaths:
- No
- Number Dead:
- 0
- Any References:
- Yes