Actually I really don't know much about any bacterias, especially EHEC, known as well Escherichia coli (E. coli). As far as I know it's bacterias that binds to receptors on human kidney, brain and gut cells and kills them. The infections cause critical conditions and apparently killed people in Germany recently .
E. coli normally colonizes an infant's gastrointestinal tract within 40 hours of birth, arriving with food or water or with the individuals handling the child. They usually cause peritonitis that can be fatal without prompt treatment. However, E. coli are extremely sensitive to such antibiotics as streptomycin or gentamicin. This could change since, as noted below, E. coli quickly acquires drug resistance.
Please check this Wikipedia link to find out more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli
*CASES:
::On March 7, 1999 - A person has been taken to hospital suffering from E.coli food poisoning in Cumbria, bringing to 20 the total of confirmed cases. Included three children, one an 18-month-old girl, who's received treatment for kidney problems.
::On April 24, 2007 - Three women - Betty Howard, 83, of Richland, Wash.; June Dunning, 86, of Hagerstown, Md.; and Ruby Trautz, 81, of Bellevue, Neb. - were hospitalized and later died of complications that their lawyer said can be traced back to the E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 200 people nationwide last August and September.
::On March 7, 1999 - A person has been taken to hospital suffering from E.coli food poisoning in Cumbria, bringing to 20 the total of confirmed cases. Included three children, one an 18-month-old girl, who's received treatment for kidney problems.
::On April 24, 2007 - Three women - Betty Howard, 83, of Richland, Wash.; June Dunning, 86, of Hagerstown, Md.; and Ruby Trautz, 81, of Bellevue, Neb. - were hospitalized and later died of complications that their lawyer said can be traced back to the E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 200 people nationwide last August and September.
::On September 2, 2009 - Linda Rivera in Kinred Hospital can no longer speak.
::On September 15, 2009 - Twelve infected children were being treated in the Evelina Children's Hospital at St Thomas' in London. After visited Godstone Farm in Surrey.
::On September 15, 2009 - Twelve infected children were being treated in the Evelina Children's Hospital at St Thomas' in London. After visited Godstone Farm in Surrey.
::On March 19, 2011 - A-four-year-old in a daycare center died after being infected by E. coli. Three other children were hospitalized in Vancouver, Washington, according to media reports.
Professor Hugh Pennington, who led inquires into two previous E.coli outbreaks, said: 'I would be very cautious about taking Chidren & Elderlyl to somewhere where there are cattle and sheep and goats. These are high-risk animals and children are the risky victims because they are going to have the hardest time if infected.'
*Food poisoning bacteria cause illness in different ways. For example:
- They grow in food and produce a toxin. When swallowed this irritates the stomach lining, causing pain, nausea and sickness. The toxins may also enter the intestines and cause diarrhoea. Toxins can survive cooking, even though the bacteria that produced them are killed.
- They are eaten with food and burrow into the intestine wall where they multiply and may produce toxins. Painful inflammation and diarrhoea follow. More severe symptoms such as kidney and liver damage may occur if the bacteria and toxins enter the blood stream.
- They enter the body in food and do not cause symptoms in the gut but in other parts of the body.
- The first step in preventing food poisoning is to assume that all foods may cause food-borne illness. Follow these steps to prevent food poisoning:
- Wash hands, food preparation surfaces and utensils thoroughly before and after handling raw foods to prevent re-contamination of cooked foods.
- Keep refrigerated foods below 40 degrees F.
- Serve hot foods immediately or keep them heated above 140 degrees F.
- Divide large volumes of food into small portions for rapid cooling in the refrigerator. Hot, bulky foods in the refrigerator can raise the temperature of foods already cooled.
- Remember the danger zone is between 40 degrees F and 140 degrees F.
- Follow approved home-canning procedures. These can be obtained from the Extension Service or from USDA bulletins.
- Heat canned foods thoroughly before tasting.
- When in doubt, throw it out
Infants, older persons, women who are pregnant and anyone with a compromised immune system are especially susceptible to food-borne illness. These people should never consume raw fish, raw seafood, or raw meat type products. You are the key to preventing food-borne illness. By observing the simple rules of good handling, food poisoning can be eliminated.
If you believe that you or your Family contracted E. coli after eating a contaminated food product, you might be entitled to compensation. Contact the law offices discuss your case and determine if filing a personal injury lawsuit might be beneficial. In addition to negotiating and litigating E. coli food poisoning cases.
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Sources: Wikipedia , BBC News Online , www.sfgate.com , Los Angeles Times , Daily Mail UK Online , English News Xinhua Net , www.marlerblog.com , www.balita.ph , School Science United Kingdom , www.aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu
