#2412121 - 06/08/11 10:04 AM
E. Coli Cases in TN
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Dodge Man
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Northeast Tennessee is experiencing an E. coli outbreak, with 10 cases of the infection reported in the past week, two more than had been reported on Monday and nearly twice the number reported in the region during all of 2010.
“We are taking it very seriously and encouraging people to follow the precautions,” Dr. David Kirschke, medical director of the Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Office, said.
Based on lab results from eight cases reported to regional health office on June 2 and 3, Kirschke said, “It looks like is we may be dealing with two separate (strains). What it looks like is seven cases that are not related to the 0157 (strain) that are probably a milder strain, and one case of the 0157 that can have more severe complications.”
Kirschke said it takes several days for cultures of toxin samples taken from infected patients to grow, and more will be known as the lab results on those toxins comes in.
He said the 10 reported cases are spread out fairly evenly over four Northeast Tennessee counties and do not include two Southwest Virginia children who were brought to Johnson City Medical Center with E. coli infection over the weekend.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=91261#ixzz1OhJBfTJU
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/06/08...ones-in-europe/
Edited by Dodge Man (06/08/11 10:07 AM)
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#2412489 - 06/08/11 04:41 PM
Re: E. Coli Cases in TN
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44fanatic
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That is one ugly bug, I suspect I had it while in Iraq, no tests to confirm. Near death experience, blackouts and 4 days in a CASH. Didnt get my bowels straight for almost 90 days.
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