Five E. Coli cases probed in outbreak
The Canadian
Press October 27, 2008 at 5:27 AM EDT Source of Article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081027.wecoli27/BNStory/National/home NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT.
— Health inspectors investigating an E. coli outbreak took dozens of food
samples from a Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., restaurant
over the weekend after confirming five cases. One of
the sick people was hospitalized and is now recovering at home. The other
cases were significant enough to require medical attention. Two
suspected cases of E. coli have also been reported to the While
the agency doesn't yet know the source of the outbreak, it said four of the
seven individuals ate at the Little Red Rooster restaurant in Niagara-on-the-Lake. "That's
why we're trying to be broad thinking about where and what the source could
be," said Robin Williams, Medical Officer of Health. Symptoms
of food-borne E. coli infection include bloody diarrhea,
severe abdominal pain and sometimes fever. The
restaurant voluntarily closed Friday until health inspectors could determine
if it was linked to the outbreak. "We
are co-operating and that's all I can say," said Mary Lynn Pullman,
co-owner of the restaurant. "We're thinking about our community." Inspectors
collected food samples at the restaurant Friday night and Saturday. They will
be analyzed in The
last E. coli outbreak in the region was in 2007 when a This
month in There
does not appear to be a connection to that outbreak, Dr. Williams said. |
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