September 09 2009 Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to leaf lettuce

• Organism:
• E. coli O157:H7

• Vehicle:
• Vegetables, Leafy Greens, Romaine lettuce

In September 2009 public health officials in Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Iowa, Connecticut, and Missouri identified a cluster of patients with an indistinguishable strain of E. coli O157. The cluster was assigned 0910MLEXH-1. Two Colorado …Read More »

• Tags:
• • o157,
  • h7,
  • e. coli,
  • stec,
  • lettuce,
  • giacomo,
  • romaine,
  • spezia,
  • leafy greens,
  • 0910mlexh-1