Marler Blog - CDC - non-O157 E. coli STECs (like O26, O45, 0103, O111, O121, and O145) cause 36,700 illnesses, 1,100 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in America each year - Comments http://www.marlerblog.com/ Food Poisoning Lawyer & Attorney : Bill Marler : Marler Clark en Copyright 2012 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:26:51 -0800 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:26:51 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss T Great summary. I wanted to see if you could provide me with the reference for these statics. The CDC's memo states that only 1 death is associated with non-O157 (the Oklahoma outbreak in 2008 where a 26 year old {otherwise healthy} man died). If this is what they are reporting, then where is it estimated that there are 30 deaths per year?

I would also note that due to lack of uniform testing (only about 10% of stool cultures in the US routinely test for non-O157) the CDC's non-O157 outbreak summary has probably been vastly underestimated.

]]> http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/cdc---non-o157-e-coli-stecs-like-o26-o45-0103-o111-o121-and-o145-cause-36700-illnesses-1100-hospital/#9627 http://www.marlerblog.com/lawyer-oped/cdc---non-o157-e-coli-stecs-like-o26-o45-0103-o111-o121-and-o145-cause-36700-illnesses-1100-hospital/#9627 Lawyer Op-Ed Mon, 31 May 2010 08:06:19 -0800 marler@marlerclark.com (E. coli Lawyer)