Dozens of people across 13 states have become sick after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders contaminated with E. coli. At ...

STEC (which is also referred to as VTEC) is a potent and infectious strain of E.coli that cause severe illness. Up to 10 per ...

Louis, Tick-borne, Venezuelan equine, Western equine Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E Coli), Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) of serogroups O26, O45, O103, O104, O111, O121, O145, ...

An Avon family is seeking answers from the FDA after their 10-year-old son nearly died from E. coli, which was linked to an ...

coli known for secreting a toxin called "Shiga toxin." Hemolytic syndrome. Diarrhea, edema, and kidney failure (credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) The disease is more common among children under five and tends ...

A Class I recall is used when "a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death," according to the FDA.

The boy's family believes his sickness was caused by an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce that affected 88 people ...

Prof. Hugh Pennington However, in the 1980s, a new strain of E. coli appeared – STEC, short for Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli, also known as E. coli O157: H7. As the name suggests, this strain ...

Molecular Detection of fecal-bacterial contamination on grocery store shopping cart handles within the Sacramento region. 2009 Donica Larson. Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ...

In May 2024, public health agencies and laboratories identified an increase in stool specimens submissions and patients testing positive for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Whole genome ...

In October, the first child was confirmed to have an infection caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). At the same time, two other children from the same preschool were in hospital with ...