E. coli bacteria killed one child last month, others in years prior. A study found that antibiotic-resistant bacteria live on petting zoo animals.
The E. coli bacteria blamed in the death of a 2-year-old boy and the sickness of three other children who visited animals at a San Diego County Fair in June has shocked and saddened parents.The exact source of the bacteria is still under investigation in California, but all four of the children, ages 2 to 13, visited the"animal areas or the petting zoo," the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported. Three children didn't need hospitalization.
Petting zoos pass on superbugs Researchers in Israel collected 382 samples of poop, skin, fur and feathers from more than 200 animals who lived in eight petting zoos in the country. They tested the samples for bacteria resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics. Animals that were treated with antibiotics were seven times more likely to pass the multidrug-resistant bacteria on to other animals.
In 2016, an Indiana mom shared that her 2-year-old son died after visiting a petting zoo at the Indiana State Fair and contracting E. coli, although the exact source of the infection was not determined. A 20-month-old in Maine died of E. coli complications after visiting a county fair petting zoo. The family of a North Carolina 2-year-old sued a petting zoo in 2013 after he died from an E. coli infection.
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