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Dixon, CA Child Dies From E Coli Infection

By Marler Clark LLP

pA nbsp;Dixon, CA child died of an a href="http://www.about-ecoli.com/"E. coli infection /alate Thursday, according to Solano County Public Health officials.nbsp; They were investigating the death along with testing on a second Dixon child nbsp;who displayed some symptoms but is now home and quot;doing well.quot;nbsp;/p pquot;It is a tragedy to lose a child and our hearts and prayers go out to this child's family and friends,quot; said Dr. Ronald Chapman, MD, MPH, Health Officer and Deputy Director in a press releasenbsp;. quot;Public Health is investigating the death to see if we can identify where or how the minor contracted the E. coli infection. Sometimes an investigation can point to a probable cause and in other cases, the source of the infection remains unknown.quot;/p pimg height="235" hspace="5" width="240" align="right" vspace="5" alt="" src="http://www.parcelsandsuch.com/images/map.jpg" /Solano Public Health staff are back-tracking the minor's activities, food sources, and water sources, and are in close communication with the State laboratory which is testing blood samples to determine the specific strain of E. coli.br / br / Both water districts in Dixon have been testing upstream and downstream from the dead child's home with negative results for E. coli.br / nbsp;/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EColiBlog/~4/490671683" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by e.Coli Blog on December 20, 2008 (boomark / email).