PMID- 18551097
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080625
LR  - 20091119
IS  - 1545-861X (Electronic)
IS  - 0149-2195 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 23
DP  - 2008 Jun 13
TI  - Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infections in children associated with raw milk and raw 
      colostrum from cows--California, 2006.
PG  - 625-8
AB  - On September 18, 2006, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) was 
      notified of two children hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). One 
      of the patients had culture-confirmed Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, and 
      both patients had consumed raw (unpasteurized) cow milk in the week before 
      illness onset. Four additional cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection in children who 
      had consumed raw cow milk or raw cow colostrum produced by the same dairy were 
      identified during the following 3 weeks. In California, intrastate sale of raw 
      milk and raw colostrum is legal and regulated. This report summarizes the 
      investigation of these cases by CDPH, the California Department of Food and 
      Agriculture (CDFA), and four local health departments and subsequent actions to 
      prevent illnesses. As a result of this and other outbreaks, California enacted 
      legislation (AB 1735), which took effect January 1, 2008, setting a limit of 10 
      coliforms/mL for raw milk sold to consumers. Raw milk in several forms, including 
      colostrum, remains a vehicle of serious enteric infections, even if the sale of 
      raw milk is regulated.
CN  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
AD  - California Dept of Public Health, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
JT  - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
JID - 7802429
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Animals
MH  - California/epidemiology
MH  - Cattle
MH  - Child
MH  - Colostrum/*microbiology
MH  - Dairy Products/microbiology
MH  - Escherichia coli Infections/*epidemiology/*etiology
MH  - Escherichia coli O157/*isolation & purification
MH  - Female
MH  - Foodborne Diseases/*epidemiology/*microbiology
MH  - Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome/epidemiology/*microbiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Milk/*microbiology
MH  - Pregnancy
EDAT- 2008/06/14 09:00
MHDA- 2008/06/26 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/14 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/06/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - mm5723a2 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008 Jun 13;57(23):625-8.