a 20-year population-based study of postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome in utah. | to determine epidemiologic features, trends in frequency, and predictors of clinical outcome of postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome (hus) in utah. | 1994 | 8008534 |
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 |
outbreak of shiga-toxigenic escherichia coli o157:h7 infections associated with rodeo attendance, utah and idaho, 2009. | abstract objectives: in summer 2009, the utah department of health investigated an outbreak of shiga-toxigenic escherichia coli (stec) o157:h7 (o157) illness associated with attendance at multiple rodeos. materials and methods: patients were interviewed regarding exposures during the week before illness onset. a ground beef traceback investigation was performed. ground beef samples from patient homes and a grocery store were tested for stec o157. rodeo managers were interviewed regarding food ve ... | 2011 | 21657937 |
hemolytic-uremic syndrome during an outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infections in institutions for mentally retarded persons: clinical and epidemiologic observations. | to describe an outbreak of escherichia coli o175:h7 infection resulting in a high rate of progression to hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and to attempt to identify predictors of and risk factors for progression. | 1990 | 2181098 |