At 09:22 AM 6/12/01 -0400, Ronald wrote:
>On Saturday, my sister (age 69) was admitted to the hospital, having had
>diarrhea for 3 days. There was also blood in the stool. She was given
>antibiotics and placed on a liquid diet. She was initially diagnosed
>with diverticulitis.
>
>On Sunday the preliminary lab diagnosis was E. coli 0157:H7 and she was
>placed on intravenous and taken off the antibiotics. The infection, loss
>of blood and lack of nourishment took its toll and caused her to be
>extremely weak.
><snip>
Note that antibiotics are contra-indicated for EHEC infections, since they
result in catastrophic toxin release following cell lysis. This greatly
increases the chances of HUS.
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