e. Coli outbreak that has sickened people in at least four states is growing, and health officials expect more confirmed cases in coming days as they try to determine whether romaine lettuce used in Wendy’s sandwiches is the source.Wendy’s pulled the lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania on Sunday after people eating them there reported falling ill.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that at least 37 people have been sickened, with an additional illness reported in Indiana.But in Michigan alone, there are 115 cases of e.
Coli reported, 53 of which have been linked to the current outbreak, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
The CDC website reports 15 cases in Michigan.More than half of people in Michigan with this strain of e. Coli have been hospitalized, and four have hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a severe complication that happens in some people who have an e.