date:Jul 16, 2018
rt eating romaine lettuce, but had close contact with someone else who got sick from eating romaine lettuce.
Ninety-six people out of 201 with available information (48%) were hospitalized, including 27 who developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
A total of five deaths were reported Arkansas (one), California (one), Minnesota (two), and New York (one). Contaminated lettuce that made people sick in this outbreak should no longer be available.
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