In a message dated 10/20/00 2:43:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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 I am searching for an answer and am hoping that someone out there can help.
 Recently I heard of a newborn testing positive for e-coli 157 after passing
 several bloody, mucousy stools- no other symptoms.  For the first 2 days,
 baby had normal stools. Baby aparently was totally breastfed. How could
 this baby contact this bacteria? Can it pass through breastmilk?
  >>

Is this the one found in under-cooked ground beef? It may be possible that
someone passed it to the baby by contaminated hands after changing another
child's diaper or maybe handling raw beef.

Laura Hart
Winter Park, FL

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