Guilty of the sudden death of infants

2002/06/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Osasuna

The European conference on clinical microbiology and infectious diseases has announced that the death of newborns is caused by a toxin of the bacteria Escherichia coli.

Doctors already suspected that E. coli was involved in the problem, now they take another step by discovering a toxin of this bacteria in the blood of children who have suffered a sudden death. However, there are no signs of this toxin in the blood of children who have died from other causes, or in the healthiest child. In addition, this toxin produces shock, embolism and serious circulation problems to laboratory mice.

Therefore, he seems to be guilty of sudden deaths. According to some researchers, the problem may be avoided in the future by vaccination.