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UK – Toddler in Intensive Care – E.coli O55

Posted on February 12, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Dorset Echo

A toddler is recovering after he was left in intensive care for two weeks due to kidney failure after contracting E-coli while staying with family in Dorset.

Expert lawyers at Irwin Mitchell specialising in helping victims of illness outbreaks in the UK and abroad have been instructed to act on behalf of his family after he and his baby sister fell ill. The family have reported to the firm, who are awaiting the test results, that their son was diagnosed as having contracted E. coli 055.

An outbreak of E. coli 055 was reported in Dorset, with ten people confirmed as suffering with the severe illness caused by the bacterium. Public Health England (PHE) and local environmental health officials are investigating the outbreak in a bid to find the cause.

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USA – CDC – Multistate Outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 – Spinach

Posted on November 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

CDCE.coli O157

A total of 28 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coliO157:H7 (STEC O157:H7) have been reported from five states, with most cases in New York.

42% of ill persons have been hospitalized. Two ill persons have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure, and no deaths have been reported.

The outbreak was initially in New York. More recently, more ill persons in other states have been reported, and the investigation has expanded.

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Campylobacter Founb in US Raw Milk

Posted on October 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Hot Springs Star

PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA) is reporting campylobacter bacteria was found in a sampling of raw (unpasteurized) milk from Black Hills Milk in Belle Fourche.

SDDA advises consumers that raw milk recently purchased from this business may contain harmful bacteria that can lead to campylobacter infection. Symptoms of this infection include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, and can sometimes progress to more serious illness, such as kidney failure and other complications.

The implicated milk is sold at a retail outlet in Spearfish, Black Hills Farmers Market at Founder’s Park in Rapid City and other locations in the Black Hills. If you have purchased this raw milk, SDDA advises the product be discarded or returned.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), pasteurized milk that is correctly handled in the dairy, bottled, sealed and refrigerated after pasteurization, and that is properly handled by the consumer, is very unlikely to contain illness-causing bacteria.

The SDDA requires producers selling raw milk to be permitted through the state, inspected once or twice a year depending on grade of milk and provide a monthly quality analysis.

 

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