The results of analysis conducted on two of seven hospitalized children in northern France show that the strain of E.coli that has contaminated is not the same as that which was 36 deaths in Germany.
The children, ages 18 months to eight years, have been contaminated with a strain of E.coli after having consumed burgers frozen brand Steak Country marketed by the German retailer Lidl hard discount.
E. coli strain 0157
"Test results on two sick children have shown that the syndrome was consistent with the strain E. coli 0157 , "reported in a statement the Food Directorate (DGA) and the Directorate General for Health (DGS).
The strain that occurred in Germany is the strain E. coli EHEC O104: H4 .
The Regional Health Agency of Nord-Pas-de-Calais (ARS) said Thursday it was "confident" that this was not the same strain as the seeds germinated in Germany.
A child in a coma
According to the German authorities, germinated seeds produced on a farm "organic" the Land of Lower Saxony are the most likely cause of the epidemic caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli that has affected over 3,200 people and has 36 deaths in Germany and Sweden.
One of seven children admitted to Lille for severe food poisoning on Friday night was in an induced coma and six others were in stable condition.
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