| ongoing multistate outbreak of escherichia coli serotype o157:h7 infections associated with consumption of fresh spinach--united states, september 2006. | on september 13, 2006, cdc officials were alerted by epidemiologists in wisconsin and oregon that fresh spinach was the suspected source of small clusters of escherichia coli serotype o157:h7 infections in those states. on the same day, new mexico epidemiologists contacted wisconsin and oregon epidemiologists about a cluster of e. coli o157:h7 infections in new mexico associated with fresh spinach consumption. wisconsin public health officials had first reported a cluster of e. coli o157:h7 infe ... | 2006 | 17008868 |
| spinach-associated escherichia coli o157:h7 outbreak, utah and new mexico, 2006. | in 2006, utah and new mexico health departments investigated a multistate cluster of escherichia coli o157:h7. a case-control study of 22 case-patients found that consuming bagged spinach was significantly associated with illness (p<0.01). the outbreak strain was isolated from 3 bags of 1 brand of spinach. nationally, 205 persons were ill with the outbreak strain. | 2008 | 18826833 |