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Wow, you are right, except the CDC is saying to only clean drawers and shelves where the romaine was stored...

Wash and sanitize drawers or shelves in refrigerators where romaine was stored. Follow these five steps to clean your refrigerator.

This is particularly interesting (also from CDC)...

Advice to Clinicians
Antibiotics are not recommended for patients with E. coli O157 infections. Antibiotics are also not recommended for patients in whom E.coli O157 infection is suspected, until diagnostic testing rules out this infection.
Some studies have shown that administering antibiotics to patients with E. coli O157 infections might increase their risk of developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (a type of kidney failure), and the benefit of antibiotic treatment has not been clearly demonstrated.

So I guess you just wait it out and hope your kidneys are not attacked. Yikes.

I nearly lost Mr. RightField to an ecoli infection in 2012. He had a strain that attacked the kidneys. I spent 48 wondering if I was going to be a widow. The doctors told me they had to ‘culture’ his strain which would take 48 hours. During that time he was on cipro. Now I wonder if that regimen contributed to his kidney failure. At almost exactly 48 hours after he entered the ER, a nurse came in with a specific treatment for his strain and he started to recover within 2 hours of getting that medicine. But, he’s been at 30% kidney function ever since. Scary stuff.