Patient suspected of E.coli hospitalized in Poland

A colorized electron micrograph of a cluster of E. coli bacteria is shown
in this undated handout from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Patient suspected of Escherichia coli was admitted to hospital in Gizycko, northeast Poland, on Tuesday, local media reported. Tests carried out by the National Institute of Hygiene. Poland's first E.coli have reported coli infection. E.Coli patient, a 29-year-old woman permanently residing in Germany and diagnosed with bacteria, has been receiving treatment for more than two weeks at a hospital in Szczecin in northwestern Poland.

Two men presumed to be E.coli is taken to Szczecin hospital. They both had come back from Germany shortly before falling ill.Another man accused of being with E. Coli was hospitalized in Ostroleka in central Poland. A boy with haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS), a condition characterized by hemolytic anemia caused by E.coli pathogenic bacteria, was hospitalized in a hospital in Warsaw. The E. coli outbreak had its roots in Germany.The Robert Koch Institute said Germany's number of registered infections rose to 2,325 Tuesday, with those in other European countries still around 100. Over the last month the outbreak killed a total of 23 people across Europe.

German doctors trying experimental E. coli treatments with some successFaced with an unprecedented outbreak of E.coli, German doctors are trying a new approach: a massive blood plasma exchange programme, in combination with an experimental antibiotic therapy. The new treatment has proven highly successful in curing the disease, but some fear it may do more harm than good.
The antibiotic treatment has shown promise, but concerns remain about possibly fatal side effects. There are even worries the therapy could cause the bacteria to mutate into a super-resistant strain.Officials at the World Health Organization and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention typically recommend against using antibiotics in E. coli cases. This is because they can cause the bacteria to release more toxins.When patient Nicoletta Pabst, was admitted with a severe case, the doctors decided to try the experimental antibiotic method on her, along with a blood plasma exchange.She said, "I received a lot of infusions when I was admitted, four liters daily, more than one could possibly drink. On Friday evening I got antibiotics for the first time, and they seem to have kicked in. Over the weekend I had phases when I felt good."The only conventional treatments for E. coli are drinking water and intravenous fluid replacement. With early signs of success, the new treatment its being taken up by other German hospitals. Some have even adopted antibiotics as their default treatment for all new serious cases.