# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — North Carolina, 2007-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 17 ill / 1 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-e597481b30b4
- **Date:** 2007-09
- **State:** North Carolina
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 17
- **Hospitalizations:** 1
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

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

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