US FDA/CFSAN - Raw Milk-Associated Public Health Risks
Date of Presentation
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- Mycobacterium bovis cases linked to raw Mexican cheese, New York City, 2001-2004
- 35 cases (22 adults, 13 children) were reported.
- All 5 patients aged <5 years had extrapulmonary disease (lymphatic and peritoneal), were born in U.S. to Mexican-born parents, had not traveled outside U.S., and had no epidemiologic link to other TB cases.
- 15-month-old boy with peritonitis died.
- 19 (83%) of 23 patients interviewed reported eating cheeses produced in Mexico.