A young girl has died in Australia from a serious condition that develops after an E. coli infection. The 3-year-old girl fell ill after visiting a farm in Victoria where she held, rode and petted animals. The news was announced on a GoFundMe page for the family, which
An Italian child who spent almost a decade in a coma after eating raw milk cheese has died. Mattia Maestri died aged 13 after spending nine years in a coma having contracted an E. coli infection, which led to HUS from raw milk cheese in Trento in 2017.
Eight children were hospitalized
More than 40 cases of a serious condition that can develop after an E. coli infection were reported in 2025 in Italy. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe complication associated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections that can cause kidney failure, brain damage and death.
