E. coli O157:H7, the culprit in foodborne illness outbreaks linked to everything from ground beef to cookie dough, produces a Shiga-like toxin that damages the filtering part of the
The epidemic of E. coli O104:H4 centered in Northern Germany was 2011’s most important food safety story. The top story of the year involved a rare serotype of
A drug that holds significant promise for treating the devastating effects of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) has been approved for limited use, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced
Of the approximately 1,000 children who suffer from E. coli O157:H7 infections each year, 15 to 20 percent develop the life-threatening kidney disease HUS — hemolytic uremic syndrome. But
Europe’s E. coli outbreak is being monitored closely by doctors and public health authorities around the world, who are alarmed by the unprecedented number of hemolytic uremic syndrome cases,
The hemolytic uremic syndrome rate seen in two years ago in Oklahoma’s outbreak of E. coli O111:NM was comparable to that typically seen in E. coli O157:H7-related
The issue of whether antibiotics used to treat Shiga toxin-producing E. coli increase the risk of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) has been a vexing one. But beyond E. coli,
At the risk of jinxing the apparent success, it is worthy of note that, excluding the recent problem with bison meat, ground beef and other beef products have been conspicuously
When contaminated food is placed into the stream of commerce, it is not only those who consume the food who will become injured. For every serving of lettuce or ground
U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank approved a settlement between Cargill, Inc. and Stephanie Smith, a Minnesota woman who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection and suffered