Germany, 10 people died of intestinal diseases and the spread of multi-national people not eat raw cucumbers

As the European Local 28, the German outbreak of intestinal disease has spread to Denmark, Germany, 10 people died in the outbreak, the medical profession want is a new method of antibody therapy can prevent this epidemic continues to expand.

Culprit is a variant of E. coli

University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein and Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Health, 28, announced that two elderly women in Schleswig-Holstein EHEC patients died due to intestinal diseases, which makes Germany the number of deaths in the outbreak rose to 10.

Now been identified, the epidemic caused by EHEC culprit is a variant - "Husec 41".To be infected, the patient will appear abdominal cramps and diarrhea. In addition, about 10% of patients there will be life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome, the clinical manifestations of acute renal failure, hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia.

According to the German authority on the epidemic prevention research 27, the Robert Koch Institute statistics, the report of patients all over Germany appear in the number of hemolytic uremic syndrome has reached 276. Under normal circumstances, up to a year in Germany will find about 60 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Another five countries find similar cases

General World Health Organization and relevant countries, a recent report, the current German EHEC infection of the patients were distributed in 16 states, mainly in the north. Apart from outside Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria and other countries find similar cases.

Danish National Serum Institute reported that EHEC infection in Denmark the number of patients has increased to 9, and another suspected patients 8. The Institute's 斯特芬格利 Klinsmann said: "Denmark is currently found in all patients have been to Germany in the near future."

German daren't eat cucumber

Some hospitals in Germany are currently trying a new treatment, which may be provided in response to the epidemic of new weapons. "The New England Journal of Medicine" Online Papers recently said that the University of Heidelberg researchers of institutions such as last year with a special antibody therapy three young patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome success. Doctors first application of these three children several times to wash the blood therapy, but are not valid, so injection of a monoclonal antibody for their Eculizumab. After 24 hours, substantially improved the situation of children, after six months without any complications. Informed of the news, Hamburg, Hanover and other hospitals in a number of critically ill patients have begun to try this approach.

The epidemic has local part of the German people have a serious food safety concerns. According to the German "Bild" 28, released a public opinion survey, nearly 六成 ​​of respondents said not being raw cucumbers and tomatoes and other vegetables.

Spain does not recognize the pathogen from the production of cucumber

About the source of pathogenic bacteria, there are still controversial. Hamburg Institute of Health has said, the virus may come from the Spanish cucumber production. But Spain says the immediate response, the virus can not be from Spain, because Spain did not find any related cases. There have been patrons of the German collective infection, said local restaurant, the restaurant's cucumber from Denmark or the Netherlands. To this end, the Danish Food Administration is testing the local cucumber.

The epidemic is a major cause of concern is that there is no good way to treat "Husec 41" infection. The bacteria resistant to many antibiotics, bacteria with antibiotics so they will have greater toxicity. To this end, the medical profession usually wash the blood therapy to remove toxins in the blood of patients, but the effect of this therapy varies. Because this method requires a large number of plasma, the epidemic-hit areas of Germany have said some hospitals, the hospital reserves the plasma may be a shortage soon.