date:Jan 04, 2013
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health is investigating five recent confirmed cases of E. coli 0157 in New Brunswick.
Two cases were reported in the Saint John region and three more were reported in the Fredericton region. All the cases were seen in hospital emergency rooms with one individual admitted to hospital and the other four patients released.
At this time, we do not know if the cases have a common source, said Dr. Eilish Cleary, Chief Medical Officer of Health. A number of