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<\/p>\nDALLAS – Dallas County Health and Human Services and State Fair of Texas officials continue to investigate if nine confirmed cases of E. coli came from the fair’s petting zoo.<\/p>\n
North Texas E. coli cases <\/p>\n
CTSY: State Fair of Texas <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Dalllas County Health and Human Services officials confirmed they’re investigating nine cases of E. coli that may have originated from the petting zoo at the State Fair of Texas.<\/p>\n
That’s up from seven confirmed cases on Tuesday. The common thread between all nine cases is a trip to the State Fair of Texas prior to the infection.<\/p>\n
“Wanna get the word out,” Dr. Philip Huang with DCHHS tells FOX 4’s Peyton Yager. “It can be very serious.”<\/p>\n
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The patients are of different ages and are all infected with the \u2018shiga toxin-producing E. coli.\u2019 Several patients are hospitalized at Dallas hospitals.<\/p>\n
State Fair of Texas officials say there is no verified information establishing the cause of the reported illnesses.<\/p>\n
Dig deeper:<\/p>\n
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli spreads via contaminated food, water, or animals, followed by hand-to-mouth contact.<\/p>\n
Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloody stool, and vomiting.<\/p>\n
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Severe cases can lead to kidney failure. Last year, Stephanie Rogers’ daughter Lily was hospitalized<\/a> for 45 days from an E. coli infection unrelated to the current cases, and still suffers from kidney issues.<\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n Three of the North Texas families with children hospitalized due to an E. coli infection are getting help from Parker’s Promise, a nonprofit that supports families affected by environmental pathogens.<\/p>\n Mary McGonigle-Martin with Parker’s Promise tells FOX 4’s Peyton Yager, “Going to petting zoos are an extremely high-risk activity for young kids.”<\/p>\n The organization has reached out to another family impacted by an E. coli infection. All four families attended the State Fair prior to their infection.<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Anyone who may be infected with this E. coli strain is urged to contact their doctor or Dallas County Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this story comes from Dallas County Health and Human Services, Parker’s Promise, and previous FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n State Fair of Texas<\/a>Health<\/a>Dallas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS – Dallas County Health and Human Services and State Fair of Texas officials continue to investigate if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,581,584,223,3000,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":["post-479922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county","tag-health","tag-news","tag-state-fair-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/102826-sh-peyton-raw-ntx-e-coli-cases-folo_kdfwc4a_00.18.15.36.jpg\")
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