According to Zacks – Diagnostic test kit maker Meridian Bioscience (VIVO – Snapshot Report) recently reported that its tests have successfully detected the deadly toxins produced by E. coli O104:H4, the rare strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) responsible for the recent E. coli outbreak in Europe. E. coli O104:H4, the virulent shiga [...]

According to Vancouversun – A two-year-old boy Tuesday became the first child to die in an outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli in Germany that authorities say is abating, taking the death toll to at least 37. The child died in hospital in Hanover overnight after becoming infected with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), [...]

Thailand says it has detected E. coli in cabbage imported from Europe and is checking whether it is the lethal strain in a German outbreak. The country, which had a false alarm about a shipment of European avocados earlier in the week, has urged the public not to panic, noting that there are several types [...]

According to Todayonline – German vegetable sprouts caused the E coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and made more than 3,000 people ill, investigators announced yesterday after tracking the bacteria from patients in hospital beds to restaurants and then farm fields. At a news conference here, Mr Reinhard Burger, the head of the Robert [...]

According to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the brother of the little girl from Dryden, Va., was discharged from the hospital yesterday. The boy was able to overcome the E. coli symptoms that claimed the life of his sister. Lab results confirm the presence of E. coli in the child that died this weekend and the [...]

According to Nytimes – As Germany’s tally of deaths increased in what has become one of the world’s most lethal infections of E. coli, new elements of confusion surfaced Wednesday with conflicting signals about whether the outbreak is abating and what caused it. Initially, the German authorities blamed cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce from Spain for [...]

According to Sfgate –  Federal officials said Tuesday that a national monitoring system for food-borne illness detected an increasing number of sicknesses last year from a group of rare E. coli bacteria related to the little-known, highly toxic strain that has been ravaging Germany. For the first time, the group of rare E. coli strains [...]

According to Bloomberg – Germany’s E. coli outbreak killed another patient, bringing the death tally to 23, and sickened 96 more people as officials continued to search for a source. As many as 674 people have developed a life-threatening complication from E. coli in Europe out of the 2,429 who have been stricken since May [...]