33 confirmed cases of E. coli infections in Michigan and Ohio

State departments of health and agriculture in Michigan and Ohio, collaborating local health jurisdictions, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Based on this investigation, as of 5pm EST, June 25, 2008, 33 confirmed cases have been linked both epidemiologically and by molecular fingerprinting to this outbreak, 16 in Michigan and 17 in Ohio. These illnesses began between May 30 and June 12. Seventeen ill persons have been hospitalized. One patient has developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). No deaths linked to the outbreak have been reported.

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http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/june2008outbreak/index.html