AUSTRALIA: Gastro outbreak: seven fall sick from rare bug - (Sydney Morning Herald)
November 27, 2007 – 7:50 pmhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/national/gastro-outbreak-seven-fall-sick-from-rare-bug/2007/11/27/1196036893234.html
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2007/11/articles/e-coli/e-coli-outbreak-in-australia/index.html
Jeremy McAnulty, the director of communicable diseases at NSW Health, was cited as saying yesterday that five people from Newcastle and Tamworth and two from Sydney — including three children — had been diagnosed with Shiga toxigenic E. coli.
Dr McAnulty was further cited as saying that no link has been found between the seven cases, which were all diagnosed in the past month, but that the disease usually only affected about 15 people a year, adding, “Symptoms of STEC infection include diarrhoea that may have blood in it, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting. Symptoms can last five to 10 days and can be especially severe in children. If STEC infection leads to kidney problems, symptoms may then also include bruising or a rash of fine red spots and reduced urination. This complication is known as hemolytic uraemic syndrome. Long-term complications of hemolytic uraemic syndrome can include kidney damage, high blood […]
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