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Sunday, July 03, 2011 2:08:22 AM
France records first E. coli death
From: AAP .. July 03, 2011 5:28AM
Terrible toll: An spice dealer displays fenugreek seeds at his Cairo shop. A French woman
has become the latest victim of E. coli related to Egyptian seeds. Picture: Nasser Nasser AP
FRANCE has recorded its first death from the E. coli outbreak after an elderly woman died on Saturday.
The woman, 78, died after she had been hospitalised in Bordeaux in southwest France since June 24 with
hemolytic uremic syndrome - the rare kidney condition affecting a small number of people infected with E. coli.
Dr Benoit Vendrely at Bordeaux Hospital said the strain of E.coli the woman was infected with was
not the one implicated in the deaths of 48 people in Germany and one each in the United States
and Sweden. He didn't identify the source of the French woman's E. coli contamination.
Seven other patients remain in stable condition at the same French hospital, six of whom have
been confirmed to have the same strain of E.coli as in the outbreak that originated in Germany.
European health experts said that contaminated Egyptian fenugreek seeds were likely the source of that deadly outbreak.
German authorities on Friday reported another death in the E. coli outbreak - bringing the total to 50.
The national disease control centre said 48 deaths have been reported in Germany, up from 47 a day earlier.
One death in Sweden and another in the US are linked to the outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.
A total of 3,999 people have now been reported to be ill in Germany from
the outbreak, including 845 with a complication that can lead to kidney failure.
Another 122 cases have been reported in 16 other countries.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/france-records-first-e-coli-death/story-fn6s850w-1226086397736
"was not the one" .. evolution ..
From: AAP .. July 03, 2011 5:28AM
Terrible toll: An spice dealer displays fenugreek seeds at his Cairo shop. A French woman
has become the latest victim of E. coli related to Egyptian seeds. Picture: Nasser Nasser AP
FRANCE has recorded its first death from the E. coli outbreak after an elderly woman died on Saturday.
The woman, 78, died after she had been hospitalised in Bordeaux in southwest France since June 24 with
hemolytic uremic syndrome - the rare kidney condition affecting a small number of people infected with E. coli.
Dr Benoit Vendrely at Bordeaux Hospital said the strain of E.coli the woman was infected with was
not the one implicated in the deaths of 48 people in Germany and one each in the United States
and Sweden. He didn't identify the source of the French woman's E. coli contamination.
Seven other patients remain in stable condition at the same French hospital, six of whom have
been confirmed to have the same strain of E.coli as in the outbreak that originated in Germany.
European health experts said that contaminated Egyptian fenugreek seeds were likely the source of that deadly outbreak.
German authorities on Friday reported another death in the E. coli outbreak - bringing the total to 50.
The national disease control centre said 48 deaths have been reported in Germany, up from 47 a day earlier.
One death in Sweden and another in the US are linked to the outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.
A total of 3,999 people have now been reported to be ill in Germany from
the outbreak, including 845 with a complication that can lead to kidney failure.
Another 122 cases have been reported in 16 other countries.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/france-records-first-e-coli-death/story-fn6s850w-1226086397736
"was not the one" .. evolution ..
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