# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Multistate, 2018-07
> **Food** · Confirmed · 18 ill / 6 hosp / 1 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-46841435a032
- **Date:** 2018-07
- **State:** Multistate
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O26)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Private home/residence
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 18
- **Hospitalizations:** 6
- **Deaths:** 1
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** ground beef
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Beef

## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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