E coli outbreak in Tulsa: 1 dead, 40 sick

[rainbow4321]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080828_17_A1_TheCou524863

An unusual and virulent type of E. coli bacteria caused an outbreak that killed a Pryor man and hospitalized more than 40 other people in northeastern Oklahoma, the State Department of Health confirmed Wednesday.

Specimens from 10 patients were confirmed to be a shiga-toxin producing form of E. coli, a type of enterohemorrhagic bacteria that can cause illness ranging from mild intestinal disease to severe kidney complications, state epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley said.

"These toxins are responsible for the very severe disease that we are seeing in many persons sickened by this outbreak," she said. Also Wednesday, Bradley directly linked the outbreak to the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove.

[Ian David]

1. Damn. And only this morning the declared the salmonela outbreak over. n/t

[kestrel91316]

2. The PNAC/Repuke/Bushco monkeywrenching of FDA continues.....