| e. coli o157:h7 is an emerging pathogen in missouri. | dramatic media reports of recent outbreaks of illness caused by escherichia coli o157:h7 have drawn national attention to this emerging pathogen. in 1993, a widely publicized outbreak of over 500 culture-confirmed cases was traced to fast-food hamburgers in washington, idaho, nevada and california. closer to home, the first (and still the largest) reported waterborne outbreak of this disease occurred in cabool, missouri in 1989. that outbreak affected 243 people, of whom 32 were hospitalized, 2 ... | 1994 | 7854310 |
| molecular epidemiology of escherichia coli o157:h7 strains by bacteriophage lambda restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis: application to a multistate foodborne outbreak and a day-care center cluster. | genomic dnas prepared from 168 isolates of escherichia coli o157:h7 were analyzed for restriction fragment length polymorphisms on southern blots probed with bacteriophage lambda dna. the isolates analyzed included strains from a recent large multistate outbreak of e. coli o157:h7 infection associated with consumption of poorly cooked beef in restaurants, a day-care center cluster, and temporally and geographically unrelated isolates. e. coli o157:h7 isolates recovered from the incriminated meat ... | 1993 | 7905882 |
| hamburger-associated escherichia coli o157:h7 infection in las vegas: a hidden epidemic. | this study sought to determine whether a multistate fast food hamburger-associated outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infection involved las vegas residents as well and, if so, why public health officials had not detected it. | 1997 | 9103093 |
| longitudinal prevalence and molecular typing of escherichia coli o157:h7 by use of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in fecal samples collected from a range-based herd of beef cattle in california. | to evaluate seasonal patterns and risk factors for escherichia coli o157:h7 in feces in a beef cattle herd and determine strain diversity and transition in e coli over time by use of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (mlva) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). | 2010 | 21034325 |
| a multistate outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infection linked to consumption of beef tacos at a fast-food restaurant chain. | we investigated a multistate outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infections. isolates from 13 case patients from california, nevada, and arizona were matched by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis subtyping. five case patients (38%) were hospitalized, and 3 (23%) developed hemolytic uremic syndrome; none died. the median age was 12 years (range, 2-75 years), and 10 (77%) were female. case-control studies found an association between illness and eating beef tacos at a national mexican-style fast-fo ... | 2004 | 15206044 |
| update: multistate outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infections from hamburgers--western united states, 1992-1993. | from november 15, 1992, through february 28, 1993, more than 500 laboratory-confirmed infections with e. coli o157:h7 and four associated deaths occurred in four states--washington, idaho, california, and nevada. this report summarizes the findings from an ongoing investigation that identified a multistate outbreak resulting from consumption of hamburgers from one restaurant chain. | 1993 | 8459795 |