ZOETERMEER - In Dutch cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and peppers EHEC bacteria is not found. According to research commissioned by the Horticultural Marketing.
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According to a spokesperson, several samples tested by the Dutch vegetable. Then EHEC bacteria is not found. The study was conducted by a German institute.
Diarrhea
The intestinal bacterium EHEC usually provides only for diarrhea and in some cases people even notice anything. The diarrhea is normal after four days left.
In two to seven percent of the infections patients get complications such as kidney problems. Of this group dies two to nine percent.
Victims
The EHEC infection has meanwhile claimed the lives of fifteen people. Fourteen of the sixteen victims now in Europe are women. The infection is located in Germany around 1500. In Sweden, about forty suspected infections.
Three Dutch people in Germany have recently been experiencing a severe renal failure. In two of them is found to be infected by EHEC bacteria. The third case is still under investigation.
Spanish cucumbers
The German authorities state that the outbreak probably not caused by Spanish cucumbers. "The source remains unidentified." said Cornelia Prüfer-Storck, the highest health official in Hamburg.
The authorities carried out tests on two Spanish cucumbers. Both were infected with EHEC, but not to type so people have become ill.
The search for the source of the infection will start again.
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