Escherichia coli

E. coli Infections Appear To Be Increasing, Experts Say

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 9th, 1997

Foodborne infections due to the recently recognized pathogen, Escherichia coli O157:H7, appear to be increasing, causing severe and potentially life-threatening illness.

Experts on the prevention and control of this infection discussed E. coli O157:H7 transmission recently at the World Health Organization's (WHO) headquarters for a "Consultation on the Prevention and Control of Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Infections," which was held in early May 1997.

While much of the problem has been related to contaminated cattle meat, the experts contended that a wider range of food is responsible for transmission of infections to...

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