E. coli linked to sawdust in the air
Chicago, Illinois (USA) - At least 19 people, which was a county fair in Ohio in 2001, has apparently gone wrong with the bacteria E. coli according to the sawdust in the air circulates through a car dealership - the first time, researchers have an outbreak of contamination buildings. Tests on the building in Lorain County found E. coli O157 beams, walls and sawdust - in some cases 10 months after the fair. This is a completely new type of transmission, said Dr. Michael S. Donnenberg, professor of medicine and chief of infectious diseases at the University of Maryland, who was not involved in the study.v The study was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and released Wednesday Journal of the American Medical Association. contaminated food is the most
common source of E. coli outbreaks, which cause an average of 61 deaths and 73,000 illnesses annually in the United States. But people also can become infected animal or human feces. In total, 23 people attended the fair became ill with E. coli. Nineteen of them had gone to a dance in the hall, had visited the building or otherwise, which contained exhibits involving cattle, sheep, dogs and horses.The building had a dirt floor covered with sawdust, and some of them complained of dusty air dance.E. coli, fever, abdominal cramps and severe diarrhea, sometimes bloody. Six of the infected were hospitalized. No one died. Hand washing is usually the best defense against E. coli, but could not work in this case. We have no evidence showing that people infected with E. coli O157
landed directly in his mouth, but our results suggest that this is possible, said Dr. Jay K. Varma of the CDC, who led the study. The researchers were also surprised by the length of E. coli remained in the building.It is possible that the bacteria E. coli that live for so long are not rich enough or sufficient virulence to cause infection, Varma said, but the study of the possibility of danger. The researchers Web site
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