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E.Coli Lettuce Outbreak Worse Since 2006

More people have fallen ill after eating lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona region.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 14 more people have gotten sick bringing the total to nearly 100 (98) people in 22 states. The additional states reporting cases are Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The bacteria strain behind the outbreak tends to cause more serious illnesses. More than half of the people who've gotten sick have ended up in the hospital, including 10 with a type of kidney failure.

There has been one case here in Georgia. The Georgia Department of health says a teenager was hospitalized with E.coli after eating romaine lettuce. The teen was not identified in the news release and has been released from the hospital.

This is the worst E.coli food related outbreak since 2006 when nearly two hundred people were sickened and three people died after eating spinach grown in California . The outbreak occurred in September 2006 and its probable origin was an Angus cattle ranch that had leased land to spinach grower.

The CDC urges consumers not to eat any romaine lettuce unless they know it is not from the Yuma area. That includes all kinds of lettuce, whether chopped, whole head or in a salad mix.

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