SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – An unidentified person has died after an E. Coli outbreak late last month at a local farm.
According to the San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Health, one person hospitalized because of the outbreak late last month died, but additional information about the patient and the status of the outbreak was not made available.
Your News Channel reached out to the public health agency about the update and its response will be added to this article when it is received.
"This is truly a heartbreaking development, and our thoughts are with the family and everyone affectedby this outbreak," Tom Cuddy, Public Information Officer for the County Public Health Department. "The entire team at Public Health extends our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones during this difficult time."
On Oct. 27, five cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. Coli) infections were confirmed by local health officials and an investigation linked the suspected exposures to between Oct. 16 and Oct. 18 of this year at Brookshire Farms.
The local farm, which hosts a variety of community events including a pumpkin patch and corn maze, is cooperating with public health officials shared the local health department.
Anyone who visited Brookshire Farms at 4747 Los Osos Valley Road, between Oct. 16 and Oct. 18 and is experiencing notable gastrointestinal symptoms -including cramping, abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea- should contact their healthcare provider advised the countywide public health agency.
No new information about potential vectors of infection besides that window at Brookshire Farms have been shared by the San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Health.
Children under the age of ten are at the highest risk of having complications from the infection, shared the County-based Department of Public Health, and people contacted by public health investigators are asked to cooperate with requests for more information.
Shiga toxin-producing E. Coli is one of four recognized groups of Escherichia coli that can cause diarrhea in humans who usually end up with the infection after eating or drinking contaminated food or water details the National Institute of Health.
The toxin derives its name from renowned Japanese microbiologist Kiyoshi Shiga.
The California Department of Public Health notes that the number of Shiga toxin-producing E. Coli infections have had an increase in recent years, from around 500 infections confirmed in 2011 to more than 2,500 confirmed cases in 2023.
E. Coli infections can cause diarrhea, severe stomach cramps and vomiting and some infections can lead to more serious complications including kidney damage stated the San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Health.
Infections are often connected to spending time near farm animals and the state's public health agency urges people to not eat, drink, touch your mouth or face, nor put anything into your mouth before washing your hands after coming into contact.
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