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China/Sichuan Province - 386 students hospitalized with infectious diarrhea - salmonella confirmed

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China/Sichuan Province - 386 students hospitalized with infectious diarrhea

2013-06-15 15:18 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e

A total of 386 students of a school in southwest China's Sichuan Province who were hospitalized on Thursday with food poisoning-like symptoms have been confirmed as victims of infectious diarrhea, local authorities said on Saturday.

As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 231 of the hospitalized students from Meishan Yingtian School still remained in hospital under observation, said the Dongpo District government of the city of Meishan.

No students have been found with critical conditions, said the district government.

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Sichuan students have salmonella

2013-06-17 16:13 CNTV Web Editor: yaolan

Sichuan students with food poisoning symptoms, have been confirmed to have eaten food contaminated by salmonella.
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107 tests show 2 with Salmonella. An investigation shows it was probably spread through a stainless steel pot...

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Sichuan Meishan 300 students fever culprit yet to find sources of Salmonella

At 09:05 on June 17, 2013 Source: China Radio Network

According to Voice of China "News" reported that news has been reported previously, Sichuan Meishan three hundred students a fever hospital. Meishan Municipal People's Government yesterday (the 16th) 17:00 second news conference was held, will this incident is defined as food safety incidents, and informed the cause of sick children is determined by food contaminated with salmonella infections caused by diarrhea .
  
June 13 afternoon, some students after another day of school mapping fever, diarrhea, vomiting. After the incident, the school will have a student to the hospital for treatment of symptoms. As of yesterday, 15 o'clock, Meishan City, five hospitals in the hospital a total of 278 students, of whom the clinical diagnosis of infectious diarrhea in 191 people, 87 people under medical observation. Meishan Municipal Health Bureau Peng Feng said, the effect is obvious sick children medical care, rescue work in an orderly manner.
  
PENG Feng: and at 10:30 on the 14th of statistics 386 people compared to the hospital for treatment have been gradually discharged students, reduce the number of 108 people, without critically ill patients, with no deaths, disease control, can cure.
  
15), has been initially diagnosed as sick students infectious diarrhea. 16, Ying-day school "6.13" to identify the cause of public health emergencies, the event has been identified as a food safety accidents.
  
PENG Feng: According to the provincial, city, district CDC laboratory test results show, and after consultation with the expert group, identified as Salmonella infections caused by contaminated food diarrhea.
  
Meishan City Dongpo District Food Safety Office has instructed the government initiated food safety accident investigation procedures, government Secretary-General, said spokesman Xiao Zhongliang said it would investigate and deal with according to law.
  
Xiao Zhongliang: the Dongpo District Government, organizational strength to carry out the food safety accident investigation. According to the survey results, clarify responsibilities, be dealt with according to the law. Effectively enhance food safety. Replicability, warning.
  
Although the cause has been identified Meishan informed, but the incident seems to have many questions to be answered. One of the biggest questions that led to student illness Salmonella is from where? These students at the school before the illness in the end something to eat?
  
Meishan City Ying-day school is a private boarding school, where many students are foreigners. A second year student parents that the children live on campus, the class a total of 53 people, at least a dozen people a fever hospital, she did not know where he comes from contaminated food.
  
Parents: Kids say eat more these days, can not remember eating anything special.
  
Ying-day school a total of 1,385 students, the food safety incidents at the most, a total of 386 students were sent to the hospital, the student prevalence rate of 27%. A third-year student parents told reporters, Ying-day schools usually do not allow students to eat snacks, she suspected the school cafeteria meals were contaminated.
  
Parents: It is a closed school, not allowed to bring snacks, there is no place to buy. If people are sick so much, it will not be the reason for their snacking.
  
It is understood that a total of four school canteens, respectively, for the different stages of the students eat. When approaching the entrance of the school and junior high school students will snacks. The prevalence of junior high and elementary school students are mainly students, including 29 due to illness did not participate in the examination of students.
  
Parents: four canteens, a junior, primary one, a high school, faculty one, in fact, behind the stove is a place out, just not the same place to eat. In the exam, the school will open a little special meals to seniors. He said that day to eat chicken, duck, eat and not hurt my stomach up.
  
The ultimate cause of food safety accident investigation authorities need to wait for the results, but can determine that Salmonella allow students to eat bad stomach.
  
According to statistics, in the world of bacterial food poisoning, salmonella poisoning caused often topping the list. Beijing Ditan Hospital Center Chief Physician, Professor Warren Chan said that salmonella is a large genus, widespread in nature, there are over 2000 types, most of which are not pathogenic bacteria, but there are four kinds of salmonella easy cause food poisoning.
  
Chen Zhihai: true pathogen or a minority, the individual, and often cause us pathogenic, is caused by food, called food poisoning. Very famous case of food poisoning caused by Salmonella, B group there Salmonella typhimurium, C group there Salmonella choleraesuis, and Salmonella enteritidis, E group, there are ducks Salmonella. Generally have to say which one belongs to Salmonella.
  
Salmonella can contaminate include water, fruits and vegetables, meat, etc., directly after consumption of contaminated food may become ill after. Warren Chan pointed out that they are well cooked, the ability to inactivate Salmonella in foods.
  
Chen Zhihai: After contamination, the bacteria can of meat, rice and other foods grown on. The bacteria after cooking, can be destroyed.
  
Food contaminated with Salmonella infections caused by diarrhea in Warren Chan seems very easy to treat.
  
Chen Zhihai: If you have a fever, there is increased blood need to use antibiotics, and then some auxiliary drugs. If there is no fever, no blood increased, symptomatic treatment can be. Very good governance, will not leave sequelae.
  
It is understood that the school food safety incidents occurred in history has never been a similar situation. This time, in the end is which aspects of a problem, the children eat something, the school's food safety regulatory loopholes lie, although the cause has been identified Meishan informed, but it seems there are a lot of questions.

(Reporter Wu Zhe Chinese Meishan Taiwan correspondent Cao Jing)
(Source: China Radio Network )
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