The Flathead City-County Health Department (FCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) continue to work to investigate an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak originating in Flathead County. Copy of Complaint.
Illnesses have been reported in Montana residents as well as people who visited Montana over the 4th of July week
As of October 6, 2006, Friday, 199 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported to CDC from 26 states. Ultimately, there would be 205 counted with 5 deaths.
Among the ill persons, 102 (51%) were hospitalized and 31 (16%) developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS).
The Flathead City-County Health Department has increased the numbers of those sickened with E. coli O157:H7 for 14 to 22. Illnesses have been reported in Montana residents as well as people who visited Montana over the 4th of July week including Arizona, Oregon, Wyoming, Florida, Virginia and Canada.
On July 25th, FCCHD
It is unclear if the 22 are just Montana residents or if they include people sickened in other states and countries.
The Flathead City-County Health Department has increased the numbers of those sickened with E. coli O157:H7 for 14 to 22. Illnesses have been reported in Montana residents as well as people who visited Montana
The Flathead City-County Health Department (FCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) continue to work to investigate an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak originating in Flathead County.
Illnesses have been reported in Montana residents as well as people who visited Montana over the 4th of July week including Arizona, Oregon
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns consumers to immediately discard Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk purchased between August 5 and 12, 2024, with a sell-by date of August 19, 2024. Routine testing for pathogens confirmed that the milk was contaminated with Shigatoxin-producing E. coli bacteria.
Milk was sold in plastic gallon, plastic and glass
Unknown to most in public health in late December 1992, the San Diego County Department of Health Services was notified of a child with E. coli O157:H7 infection who subsequently died (Lauren Rudolph). Active surveillance and record review then identified eight other persons with E. coli O157:H7 infections or HUS from mid-November through mid-January 1993.
Our investigation thus far shows of the 14 illnesses, 11 are Montana residents, 1 Canadian, 1 Oregon and 1 Arizona (death). At this time it is likely that other states will report illnesses of people that visited Flathead County in late June through mid-July and who ate at one of the five restaurants.
On July
Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O121 (also known as STEC).
Based on information collected, both people likely became sick after eating food from Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar. Both people ate foods that could have made them sick, including raw or undercooked beef, or other foods that may
14 known sick with 1 death in Montana – but how many more and where are they?
On July 25th, the Flathead City-County Health Department (FCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) received confirmatory testing results of clinical and food samples verifying ground beef as the exposure of
