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First death after EHEC infection in Brandenburg
In Brandenburg, there may be the first EHEC dead. On Friday was
a patient in the Potsdam Ernst von Bergmann Hospital died of the
been seven confirmed cases belonged, said the Ministry of Health
with. It is unclear to what extent the infection with the dangerous
Intestinal bacterium was the cause of this. The case will be investigated further, was
it.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said the man had a "heavy
internist had underlying disease. Further details could not
. Call already infected with the intestinal bacterial EHEC, was the mid-fifties from
was another hospital in the Ernst-von-Bergmann-Klinikum laid.
The man was suffering at this time, even from a kidney failure which
by the heavy EHEC complication hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
can be produced. Whether the deaths relate to Northern Germany
had was initially unclear.
According to Ministry data, there are currently seven in Brandenburg confirmed and 13 suspected cases of EHEC. In four patients had complications due to HUS. The dead in Potsdam man was one of the seven confirmed cases of EHEC.
http://www.morgenpost.de/web-wissen...Toter-nach-EHEC-Infektion-in-Brandenburg.html
In Brandenburg, there may be the first EHEC dead. On Friday was
a patient in the Potsdam Ernst von Bergmann Hospital died of the
been seven confirmed cases belonged, said the Ministry of Health
with. It is unclear to what extent the infection with the dangerous
Intestinal bacterium was the cause of this. The case will be investigated further, was
it.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said the man had a "heavy
internist had underlying disease. Further details could not
. Call already infected with the intestinal bacterial EHEC, was the mid-fifties from
was another hospital in the Ernst-von-Bergmann-Klinikum laid.
The man was suffering at this time, even from a kidney failure which
by the heavy EHEC complication hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
can be produced. Whether the deaths relate to Northern Germany
had was initially unclear.
According to Ministry data, there are currently seven in Brandenburg confirmed and 13 suspected cases of EHEC. In four patients had complications due to HUS. The dead in Potsdam man was one of the seven confirmed cases of EHEC.
http://www.morgenpost.de/web-wissen...Toter-nach-EHEC-Infektion-in-Brandenburg.html