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FOOD OUTBREAK SCAN: E coli outbreak points to lettuce, raw milk E coli alert

Jan 14, 2013

 

FOOD SAFETY SCAN: Produce-rule exemptions, virulent E coli strain

 

E coli outbreak study shows antibiotic impact on shedding

(CIDRAP News) – A study involving a large group of patients hospitalized during Germany's 2011 outbreak of a rare type of Escherichia coli spread by contaminated sprouts found that some patients shed the pathogen for several weeks or months and that antibiotic use seemed to shorten the shedding time.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: E coli in Canada, Campylobacter in plant workers, inactivated polio vaccine, polio attack arrests

 

NEWS SCAN: House passes preparedness law reauthorization, kids' foodborne illness risk, amoxicillin for lung infections

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli salad outbreak ends, USDA's 'test and hold' rule, more meningitis cases, infectious-disease advances

Dec 11, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: FDA shutters peanut plant, food illness test drawbacks, WHO on novel coronavirus, Hong Kong respiratory illness

Nov 27, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Fungal meningitis, E coli and cardiac events, daycare reptile rules, BSE agent in saliva, H5N1 in Bangladesh, new US malaria center

Nov 20, 2012

 

E coli linked to fresh greens sickens 28 in five states

(CIDRAP News) – Federal and state health officials are investigating an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to mixed salad greens that has sickened at least 28 people in five East Coast states, most of them in New York.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Europe reports continued rise in antibiotic resistance

(CIDRAP News) – European health officials are seeing a continued rise in multiple antibiotic resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, a pattern they say is likely fueled by misuse of the drugs, according to new data.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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