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Sidney Jacobi, a 6-year-old child who is part of the E. coli outbreak among Galena Elementary School students, is home from the hospital.

Sidney sustained the most serious injures of any child hospitalized during the outbreak, suffering hemolytic uremic syndrome, which caused kidney failure. Although Sidney is still recovering, high blood pressure is still a concern.

Follow-up treatment for victims of E. coli and hemolytic uremic syndrome is very important, and all persons who have experienced HUS should be formally evaluated by a nephrologist at a year following their acute illness.
 

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An E. coli outbreak among children who attend Galena Elementary School may not have come from a source inside or close to the school.

DNA test results have shown a link between the strain of the E. coli in the Galena cases with an isolated case reported outside the county in August.

“This finding suggests that outbreak strain may have been circulating in the community or the environment prior to the outbreak,” says Dr. Tom Harris, Floyd County health officer. “Some cases do not attend Galena Elementary School nor reside in Floyd County.”

State and county health officials would not identify the location of the isolated case.
 

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The number of E. coli infections tied to Galena Elementary School in Floyd County, Indiana, has risen to ten.

Among the ten sickened, seven have been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Louisville, Kentucky. Three of the cases are not students.

Seven children have been hospitalized for E. coli infections, but Kosair Children's Hospital says federal privacy laws prohibited him from identifying them or describing their conditions, reports the Indianapolis Star.
 

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