Super-Toxic E. Coli Deadliest on Record – Kills 22, Infects 2,000

The deadliest case of E. colion record has now killed 22 people and infected 2,000. The number of reported cases is based on hospital records, so the actual number of infections may be 10 or more times higher, said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

The strain circulating in Germany and 11 other European countries produces a toxin not usually seen in E. coli that can damage the kidneys and other organs. Germany alone has reported 520 cases of the kidney ailment.

This rare German strain of E.coli has killed more people and resulted in more cases of severe kidney damage than any outbreak in history. The biggest E. coli outbreak in the U.S. was from tainted meat at Jack in the Box fast food chain in 1993, which resulted in 41 HUS (haemolytic uraemic syndrome) cases. Four children died and hundreds became sick with the O157:H7 strain.

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