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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Health
Sadhna Yadav

Teenager Contracts E.coli Infection At Christmas Market, Ends Up Fighting For Life At UK Hospital

E. coli Bacteria. Image/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

A 17-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire has been fighting for her life after she caught an E.coli infection back in November. The girl, identified as Antonia Hay, contracted the deadly bacterial infection after eating something at a Christmas market in Great Missenden.

She has been in intensive care for the last two weeks and has had to undergo multiple operations. According to her family, the doctors had to remove part of her bowel due to the severity of the infection.

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