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E.COLI OUTBREAK IN GERMANY 2011• In June of 2011 the death toll of the E.coli outbreak in Germany was

around 35 and health officials said about 100 patients had severe kidney damage.

• The source of infection had been identified as bean sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany.

• It was originally believed that cucumbers from Spain had caused the outbreak.

• At least 3,255 people had fallen ill, mostly in Germany, of whom at least 812 had a complication that could be fatal.

• About 100 patients with damaged kidneys needed transplants or life-long dialysis, one health expert said.

STUDY OF E.COLI OUTBREAK, JUNE 2011

E.COLI OUTBREAK CAUSED BY O104:H4 BACTERIA• World Health Organization (WHO) said that the strain of enterohaemorrhagic

Escherichia coli that has infected the Europeans, is a fundamentally new organism with which medicine has not previously encountered.

• Strain O104: H4 is a mutated form of the two different bacteria Escherichia coli.

• Expert on food safety, WHO Hilda Cruz believes that the new strain is "more contagious and more toxic in comparison to the bacteria that inspired it.

• According to the epidemiological observations, infection with E. coli O104: H4 is often complicated by hemolytic uremic syndrome, which is fraught with acute renal failure, central nervous system and poses a threat to life.

• Typical symptoms - bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. They add a speech disorder and seizures.

E.COLI BACTERIA

EFFECTS OF THE E.COLI EPIDEMIC IN GERMANY• The bacterium that was terrifying Germany was an enterohemorrhagic strain

of the bacterium Escherichia coli (EHEC), a close relative of harmless intestinal bacteria, but one that produces the dangerous Shiga toxin.

• After an incubation period of two to 10 days, patients experience watery or bloody diarrhea.

• 10 days after the diarrhea begins, the red blood cells suddenly disintegrate, blood clotting stops working and the kidneys fail. In many cases patients need dialysis to stay alive.

• In Germany, about 60 people a year contract hemolytic-uremic syndrome after being infected with EHEC.

• Russia banned imports of cucumbers, tomatoes and fresh salad from Spain and Germany.

E.COLI PATIENTS IN A HOSPITAL

FRAGEN!!!! :D LET’S SEE IF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION……1.) Russia banned imported vegetables from which 2 countries?

a.) Spain and Japan

b.) Germany and England

c.) Spain and Germany

2.) After the 2011 E.coli outbreak in Germany, how many patients had severe kidney damage?

a.) 35

b.) 100

c.) eleventy-four

ANSWERS :3

1.) C

2.) B

WORK CITED

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13746682

• http://www.myxnews.com/2011/06/epidemic-in-germany-has-caused.html

• http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-epidemic-detectives-the-hunt-for-the-source-of-germany-s-e-coli-outbreak-a-765777.html

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