The Detroit News. Oakland County Health Department officials say infections have been confirmed in four male and three female county residents, including two siblings. They range in age between 18 months and 24 years. We're still in the process of trying to find out why. E.coli bacteria infections can be deadly in young children.
Symptoms occur three to four days after initial contact.
E.coli is contracted by eating undercooked ground meat and contaminated raw vegetables, drinking unpasteurized raw milk or drinking or swimming in contaminated water.