Calgary -- A 15-year-old girl was on dialysis yesterday and in "fair to serious" condition after drinking a milkshake as a birthday treat at a popular Calgary eatery that health officials say is behind an E. coli outbreak...Technorati Tags: e_coli, milkshake
I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.
Monday, May 9, 2005
Kidney Failure Secondary to Milkshake
Thirteen people were infected with E. Coli 0157:H7 after drinking infected milkshakes. One of them developed kidney failure from hemolytic uremic syndrome: