Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Lawsuit ties tainted wipes to twin's brain damage

Lawsuit ties tainted wipes to twin's brain damage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43687844/ns/health-tracking_tainted_wipes/#

"Rare bacterial infection stumped experts until news of contaminated products surfaced

For nearly four years, a bacterial infection that left a Seattle-area newborn with severe brain damage while his twin brother developed normally has remained a medical mystery, traumatizing his family and stumping local and national disease experts.

Myles Massey, now 3, can't speak or walk, must be fed through a stomach tube, has little use of the left side of his body and suffers from cerebral palsy and mental delays, all attributed to a rare Bacillus cereus infection that developed after his birth on Sept. 1, 2007."

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