University of Arkansas student hospitalized for severe E. coli complications had tested positve for Covid when admitted

[Emily]

U of A student's mom talks about daughter's near-death experience with E. coli


The Arkansas Department of Health confirmed that 42 patients had symptoms tied to the E. coli outbreak in Fayetteville.
​ FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Camille Honey, a sophomore at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, was one of four patients hospitalized during an E. coli outbreak in August 2023.

Her mother, Kris, is talking with 5NEWS about just how close to death her daughter was, all because of something she ate.

Camille earned her way in with a scholarship and had just moved into her sorority house during the summer.

"She is a very social, sweet girl, kind of quiet, but very funny...people are drawn to her," Kris explained. "Also very smart, makes friends very easily."

Before classes started, Camille was back at her family home in Fayetteville, and Kris says her daughter became violently ill right in front of her eyes.

"She couldn't hold a sip of water down," Kris said. "She came home on the 16th, and we went to the emergency room on the 17th."

Coincidentally, Kris had been watching a documentary on Netflix called Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food.

"God put that situation together," she explained. "He tells us things in different ways, and I do believe that he put that in front of me."

Kris says she only made it about halfway through the documentary before rushing her daughter to the ER, but it was enough to influence what started running through her mind.

​ "At the emergency room I asked for the stool sample," she explained. "And I said, 'You're gonna think I'm crazy. I'm watching this show. It's just in my head, please just, you know, humor me.' "

Camille had already tested positive for COVID-19, but when the other test that Kris had requested came back, it showed that the college student was battling an E. coli infection too.

"I thought she was going to die last week," Kris said. "There was one night where she was barely breathing. She was using every muscle in her body to breathe. I thought she was gonna die."

Camille was diagnosed with a strain of E. coli called O157, the same one profiled in Poisoned...


https://www.5newsonline.com/article...coli/527-30de6f3b-2dd9-4e4b-988d-14c6c7f93d0e

 

[Emily]

Five People Hospitalized in E. Coli Outbreak at the University of Arkansas

Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E
By Associated Press
Aug. 29, 2023, at 12:50 p.m.

​ Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning among students at the University of Arkansas, with dozens reporting symptoms and five people needing treatment in the hospital.

Among those affected are two 19-year-old sorority members who developed a serious complication that can lead to kidney failure after being infected with the E. coli strain O157:H7. That's according to Bill Marler, a Seattle food safety lawyer who said he reviewed the patients' medical records after being contacted by the families.

One of the students, Camille Honey of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was hospitalized and on dialysis Tuesday after both kidneys failed, said her mother, Kris Honey.

“She's been in 10 out of 10 pain for a week,” Kris Honey said. “She's been here for 11 days in serious pain and misery.”

Camille, a sophomore, had moved into a sorority house on campus on Aug. 4 and fell ill on Aug. 16. Her condition worsened and her mother took her to an emergency room. Because Kris Honey had recently watched the Netflix documentary “Poisoned,” which features Marler and focuses on foodborne illness, she asked ER staff to take a stool sample...
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...e-coli-outbreak-at-the-university-of-arkansas

 

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U of A student gets exciting news after going into kidney failure from E. coli

Story by Alexandra Burnley

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The family of the University of Arkansas sophomore hospitalized in August with E. coli is sharing an exciting update about her health.

The Honey family says their daughter, Camille, is now off dialysis after she became violently ill and went into kidney failure because of the foodborne illness just weeks ago before classes even began.

Camille's blood work came back this week showing that her kidneys are healing and functioning at about 34 percent.

It was enough for doctors to say that she no longer needed to be on dialysis, which is something she could have been on for years or even the rest of her life...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...idney-failure-from-e-coli/ar-AA1gILza#image=1

 

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Officials close investigation into E. coli outbreak at the University of Arkansas

By Coral Beach on September 27, 2023

Public health officials have closed an investigation into an E. Coli outbreak at the University of Arkansas without finding the source of the pathogen.
University officials said the Arkansas Department of Health reported five confirmed and 37 probable patients in the outbreak. On Sept 25, university officials said more than 3,200 people had been surveyed during the investigation.
The outbreak was reported on Sept. 1, with no patients being identified after Aug. 25. Four confirmed patients were hospitalized, but two have been released.
The residences of the sick people were not revealed, but the health department has reported that “it has no reason to believe the outbreak is connected to the university’s public dining facilities.” Some of the patients are residents of sorority houses.
Investigators from the state have not reported what laboratory testing of foods or locations has revealed...

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https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023...to-e-coli-outbreak-at-university-of-arkansas/