date:Aug 25, 2012
s of any of the 100-plus food items available.
Investigators interviewed 65 infected individuals and 52 unaffected to see if they could identify a particular meat item as the cause through a case-control study, but none of the items could be statistically pinpointed as suspect.
Of those ill, 14 were hospitalized and 3 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a kidney disease associated with severe E. coli infections.