The producer of the sliced onions used in McDonald’s hamburgers that were discovered to have E. coli, Taylor Farms, has been sued by victim families.
The FDA would neither confirm nor refute Taylor Farms’ claim that their lettuce was the cause. Though his parents, Amber and Christopher, who have sued Taylor Farms,
Are certain that anything he ate caused his illness, Colton George, who was placed on dialysis for two weeks, is still unsure of how he became ill.
His symptoms, which were illnesses brought on by the severe E. coli 0157:H7 strain, were almost exactly the same as those experienced by the boys in Missouri at the same time and with the same diagnosis.
Antibiotics, however, might make a patient’s condition worse, making it challenging to treat infections brought on by this strain.
“If you give someone antibiotics, the bacteria can actually sense the presence of the antibiotics,” Dr. Nicole Iovine, head hospital epidemiologist at the University of Florida, told Contagion Live.
