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JBS Swift E. coli Meat Sickens at least 23
in CA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY and WI – When will other states be
reporting – like WA? Source of
Article: http://www.marlerblog.com/ Nearly two weeks ago, the
CDC and FSIS reported that 23 persons infected with a strain of E. coli
O157:H7 with a particular "DNA fingerprint" have been reported from
9 states. Of these, 17 have been confirmed by an advanced DNA test as having
the outbreak strain; confirmatory tests are pending on others. The number of
ill persons identified in each state is as follows: California (4), Maine
(1), Michigan (6), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (2), New
Mexico (1), New York (1) and Wisconsin (6). In light of the illnesses,
FSIS issued a notice about a recall of 41,280 pounds of beef products from
JBS Swift Beef Company that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. On June
28, the recall was expanded to include 380,000 pounds of assorted pieces of
beef (beef primal products) from the same company. Samples from unopened
packages of ground beef recovered from a patient's home were tested by the
Michigan Public Health Laboratory yielded an E. coli O157:H7 isolate that
matched the "DNA fingerprint" of the outbreak strain. It appears, however, that
the outbreak may well be larger – more ill people - perhaps an expanded
recall? We have been retained by
several families in this outbreak and have already filed suit on behalf of a
New Mexico boy who suffered HUS. Yesterday we were contacted by a
Washington State family whose child suffered severe HUS (weeks hospitalized
on dialysis) that may well be linked to this outbreak after the purchased JBS
Swift meat at [an unnamed store]. What we know thus far is: [The]
PulseNet database team has checked the profile against our database and it
does seem to be indistinguishable from EXHX01.0074/EXHA26.0569 which is the
pattern combination associated with 0906WIEXH-1 and the JBS Swift Company
recall. Since this pattern combination is common, all isolates with this
pattern combination are subtyped by MLVA and only isolates indistinguishable
by both PFGE and MLVA are considered as possibly being outbreak related. More to come today I
imagine. 9 July 2009 TN 6 Year 1 |
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