date:Jun 29, 2012
rough the cracks of the outbreak investigation because of where she was hospitalized. While many state health departments -- including North Carolina's -- try to identify all cases of foodborne pathogen infections, some states' do not.
Florida is one that does not typically serotype. Tests that identify bacterial strains cost additional money, which some states choose not to spend. A spokesman for the Florida Department of Health saidthat the state typically only serotypes isolates on identifie