Georgia: Five women succumbs to E. Coli outbreak

Posted on June 10, 2012 • Filed under: Tourist Food Poisoning, United-States

A cluster of E. coli cases was being investigated Wednesday in the metro Atlanta area as health officials in several Southern states looked at similar cases, including at least one death. The Georgia Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed the region has five confirmed cases of a strain of E. coli infection known as E. coli 0145. One sufferer required hospitalization. No deaths, however, have been reported in Georgia. Read article

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