date:Jun 06, 2012
ust like in Massachusetts, they are still looking for answers to how the infections might have occurred.
At this stage, we have no idea, said Louisiana State Epidemiologist Dr. Raoult Ratard.
Ratard said that the E. coli strain that infected the New Orleans children was not O157:H7, but he did not have information on the specific strain readily available. While most E. coli strains do not pose harm to humans, a handful produce the potentially deadly Shiga toxin responsible for E. coli outbre