# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Louisiana, 2012-04
> **Food** · Confirmed · 5 ill / 3 hosp / 1 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-70c30cd67697
- **Date:** 2012-04
- **State:** Louisiana
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O145)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** —
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 5
- **Hospitalizations:** 3
- **Deaths:** 1
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** sprouts;lettuce;ground beef
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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