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Food Poison Journal
Nine Dead, 300 with HUS and 1,000 Sick Due to E. coli O104:H4-tainted Cucumbers
By Bill Marler
News reports on the number of sickened and dead, in what is quickly becoming one of the largest E. coli outbreaks that I have seen in nearly two decades of…
Food Poison Journal
What’s up with Cucumbers? E. coli and Salmonella?
By Bill Marler
In the last month a total of 276 Hemolytic Uremic syndrome (HUS) cases had been confirmed in Germany. Over 600 people (mostly women) have been sickened with five deaths. E.…
Marler Blog
Spanish organic cucumber E. coli O104:H4 outbreak by the numbers – 600 ill, 214 with HUS and 5 deaths
By Bill Marler
German officials suspect cucumbers from Spain are the source of a massive enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) outbreak that has hit the northern parts of the country. According to the Robert…
Food Poison Journal
Update on the Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Outbreak in Germany
Today, Kai Kupferschmidt of Science Insider reported that the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has confirmed that there are now nearly 140 patients in Germany who have developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome…
E. coli Blog
Beware of E. coli in Mud Pits on Louisiana Farms
The Monroe Louisiana Newstar reports that three Ouachita Christian School students were admitted to local hospitals late last week afflicted with a strain of E. coli, according to health officials.…
Marler Blog
E. coli O104, stx2 positive and eae negative (an E. coli other than O157), strikes Germany
By Bill Marler
I have learned that the E. coli outbreak in Germany, that has killed at least three and sickened some 400, dozens with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, has been caused at least…
Food Poison Journal
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Takes 3 Lives and Sickens More Than 400 in Germany
According to German health officials, a virulent strain of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria has taken the lives of three women and sickened more than 400 individuals. Authorities from the…
Marler Blog
Over 400 Sickened and 1 Death caused by enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) in Germany – it should sound deadly familiar
By Bill Marler
According to a variety of German press reports, German health officials have confirmed over 400 cases of E. coli - enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) (as of yet the serotype is…
Food Poison Journal
224 illnesses later, breeder of african dwarf frogs stops distribution
By Bill Marler
The multi-year Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to pet african dwarf frogs may have finally come to an end. The CDC reports that 224 people were sickened from 2009-2011 with the…
Food Poison Journal
E. coli O111 A threat Abroad and Here in U.S.
By Dave Babcock
New reports link a fourth death to an outbreak of E. coli O111 in Japan. E. coli O111 is one of a number of pathogenic strains of the E. coli…