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Article: Child Sickened by E. coli Linked to Petting Zoo Represented by Pritzker Olsen, P.A.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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Pritzker Olsen law firm has been retained to represent a 3-year-old child sickened with an E. coli O157:H7 infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome. The child is believed to have contracted the illness at a local apple orchard/ petting zoo in the Twin Cities (MN) area. Preliminary testing indicates that the genetic fingerprint of the E .coli O157:H7 obtained from the child's stool sample matches the genetic fingerprint of E. coli from llama feces tested at the petting zoo (see also Pritzker Olsen, P.A.).
Petting zoos are a well recognized source of E .coli O157:H7 poisoning and have been implicated in several outbreaks in recent years. The Minnesota Department of ...
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