Aussie woman first to survive rare bacterial infection commonly seen in cattle
Handling gardening soil with her cat-scratched hands was the likely route of infection, say doctors.
An Australian woman who developed necrotising enterocolitis after handling soil has become the first person to survive a bacterial infection more commonly seen in cattle and sheep, doctors report.
The 58-year-old presented to a Sydney hospital after a three-day history of nausea and vomiting, plus two days of worsening lower abdominal pain on her right side.
