FOOD-BACTERIA OUTBREAK APPARENTLY OVER

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, January 24, 1993                   TAG: 9301240049
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: SEATTLE                                LENGTH: Short
FOOD-BACTERIA OUTBREAK APPARENTLY OVER
A bacterial infection outbreak linked to fast-food hamburgers that killed one child and left more than 150 people sick appears to be ending, health officials said Saturday.
The outbreak, first reported Jan. 17, was linked by state health officials to contaminated hamburgers sold at Jack in the Box restaurants in Washington state and Boise, Idaho.
Eleven children infected with the E. coli 0157:H7 bacterium remained Saturday at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, two in intensive care, hospital spokesman Dean Forbes said.
On Friday, a 2-year-old Tacoma boy died at the hospital of complications from the infection. Doctors believe he got sick after eating a contaminated cheeseburger Jan. 11.
The bacterium produces a toxin that can cause bloody diarrhea, severe abdominal pain and kidney problems.
Jack in the Box replaced roughly 20,000 pounds of beef patties Monday after it was notified of a possible link.
Keywords:
FATALITY

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB