| multistate outbreak of escherichia coli o145 infections associated with romaine lettuce consumption, 2010. | non-o157 shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec) can cause severe illness, including hemolytic uremic syndrome (hus). stec o145 is the sixth most commonly reported non-o157 stec in the united states, although outbreaks have been infrequent. in april and may 2010, we investigated a multistate outbreak of stec o145 infection. confirmed cases were stec o145 infections with isolate pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns indistinguishable from those of the outbreak strain. probable cases wer ... | 2013 | 23726187 |