# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Multistate, 2019-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 172 ill / 88 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-6946f7215a4d
- **Date:** 2019-09
- **State:** Multistate
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Sit-down dining;Restaurant: Fast-food (drive up service or pay at counter);Private home/residence;Grocery store/bakery/deli/convenience store
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 172
- **Hospitalizations:** 88
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** romaine lettuce, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** romaine lettuce
- **IFSAC category:** Vegetable Row Crops

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