# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — South Carolina, 2015-05
> **Person-to-person** · Confirmed · 12 ill / 5 hosp / 1 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-0e5c4edb8be5
- **Date:** 2015-05
- **State:** South Carolina
- **Primary mode:** Person-to-person
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Child daycare/preschool
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 12
- **Hospitalizations:** 5
- **Deaths:** 1
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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