Based on data from among others the German RKI on microbiological examination of verotoxin-producing E. coli bacterium that that must have been deliberately resistant to antibiotics. The main finding is that the investigated tomatoes and cucumbers not naturally infected with EHEC can be. (1)
The bacterium responsible for the EHEC outbreak was extensively studied by the Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital in Münster. Together with colleagues from the Robert Koch Institute in Wernigerode in 1996 were 42 different types of EHEC-documented. Based on the unique combination of bacteria that are responsible for the outbreak was found that the patients from four different cities to the same tribe and same type (HUSEC-41) which will include penicillin can do nothing against. Precisely because it is the same type of bacteria is a terrorist attack is highly likely. (2)
The official European bodies, however, speak only of a cargo infected cucumbers from Spain. Meanwhile, Dutch cucumbers also suspect cargo. (3) The export of Dutch cucumbers to Germany has already collapsed, and the growers now fear for lettuce, tomatoes and peppers (4). Belgium has announced the import of cucumbers from two Spanish distributors banned (5).
Alarm Phase 1
The German secret service in Paris this weekend consultations with European and American colleagues about the fact that the EHEC outbreak is a potential terrorist attack. Now also in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, people have become ill suspects not only cucumbers, but strawberries, cucumbers and other Spanish fruits and vegetables.
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