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Apr 12, 2007 5:27 pm US/Pacific

15 Souplantation Diners Test Positive For E. Coli

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CBS) ― A 15th person who ate at the Foothill Ranch Souplantation in Lake Forest tested positive for an E. coli infection, health
officials said Thursday.

The latest victim, who was not hospitalized, was described as a young adult, Deanne Thompson of the Orange County Health Care Agency said.

Fourteen customers who ate at the restaurant between March 23 and 25, and one employee, have come down with the infection, including 10 children and five adults, she said.

The restaurant at 26572 Towne Center Drive remains closed while testing of about 40 employees continues, Thompson said.

The current outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 is the largest single outbreak to strike in Orange County, she said.

"There was a multi-county incident in 2003 when 12 people were associated with eating at an Orange County restaurant," Thompson said.

The source of the latest outbreak has not been identified, and testing continues, Thompson said.

Two of the cases required hospitalization. An 8-year-old boy was released April 3 from Children's Hospital of Orange County at Mission Hospital and Medical Center in Mission Viejo.

A 12-year-old girl developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a complication of the infection, and for a time was in intensive care at CHOC. She is recovering, said CHOC's Denise Almazan.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the strain that sickened the diners is very rare and has never been seen in California before. That means it is different from the strain that was traced to Central California spinach last summer, said Howard Sutter of the county Health Care Agency.

E. coli is the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States, according to the CDC.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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