சுகாதாரம் · Dallas E. coli inquiryDallas fair E coli: About 9 possible cases across North Texas, source unknownஎழுத்து வடிவம் 29 அக்டோபர், 2026 அன்று 1:17 AM UTCபாருங்கள்உரைப்பதிவு0:07Children's Medical Center Dallas has seen an increase in E.0:10Coley cases.0:11Some children have reportedly needed intensive care.0:13Health officials now know of about nine possible cases across North Texas.0:17Investigators are trying to determine whether the children share an exposure,0:21including a visit to the state fair of Texas.0:23The possible cases extend beyond Dallas County into other parts of North Texas.0:27The County Health Department is investigating some of them.0:30Doctors raised recent fair visits, particularly visits to its petting zoo, as a0:34possible connection.0:35Dallas County Health and Human Services is checking laboratory results to find out0:38which children have Shigatoxin producing E.0:41Coley.0:42That's the organism investigators call steck.0:44When doctors first alerted the county, officials were still waiting for some0:47laboratory reports.0:48About nine is the number of possible cases officials know about across the region.0:52Laboratory testing still has to confirm the diagnoses.0:55Investigators also haven't determined whether the same exposure connects the0:58illnesses or whether the fair played a part.1:00The children's illnesses have brought families into Dallas hospitals.1:03At least two parents have said their children were hospitalized there.1:06Those accounts describe individual children and don't provide a current hospital1:10census.1:10Children's Medical Center Dallas says it has seen an increase in cases of the1:14bacteria.1:15The hospital hasn't put a number on that increase or said how many of those cases1:18belong to the county's investigation.1:20The children who needed intensive care may include those whose parents described1:24hospital stays.1:25Adding those accounts together could count the same child twice.1:28The current hospital and intensive care totals aren't known.1:32Health Director Philip Huang described awareness of about nine possible regional1:35cases on October28 .1:37That followed an earlier figure of up to seven.1:40The increase tells us officials knew about more possible cases, without telling us1:44when those children became ill.1:46County officials haven't classified the illnesses as an outbreak.1:49They're checking the diagnoses and looking for a common source.1:51A possible overlap in fair attendance gives investigators something to examine, but1:55doesn't show where a child became infected.1:57The state fair ended October eighteenth.2:00Dallas County learned about the illnesses on the morning of October26, eight days2:03later.2:04Officials then began reviewing laboratory results and interviewing patients and2:07families to work out what might connect the cases.2:10Investigators are still checking the children's fair attendance and possible petting2:13zoo visits.2:14They haven't identified a particular exposure there as the source.2:17The fair's closing date alone doesn't tell them where the children became infected.2:21The state fair said it had no verified information identifying a cause.2:25At the time of its response, it said it hadn't received official notification of the2:29illnesses.2:30It also said it would cooperate with public health authorities.2:33County investigators are reviewing laboratory results and interviewing patients and2:37families.2:38The testing is meant to confirm infections.2:40The interviews are meant to find a shared exposure.2:43The source of the children's illnesses is still unknown.கட்டுரையைப் படிக்கவும்செய்தியின் காலவரிசைHeyDex
