date:Jun 19, 2012
or these infections has not been identified.
The CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states to investigate the outbreak, using DNA fingerprints of E.coli bacteria to identify additional cases.
Public health investigators are using DNA fingerprints of E.coli bacteria obtained through diagnostic testing with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, or PFGE, to identify cases of illness that may be part of this outbreak.
The CDC website added that the STEC O145 PFGE pattern in