Overview

• The one-year-old is being treated in Padua’s pediatric nephrology unit for acute renal insufficiency.
• Doctors attribute the case to Shiga-toxin–producing Escherichia coli linked to unpasteurized dairy.
• Usl Dolomiti is tracing where the child sampled cheeses in multiple places, complicating source identification.
• Laboratory testing is in progress and no specific product or point of sale has been publicly identified.
• This is the third hemolytic-uremic syndrome case in the Belluno area in about nine months, prompting renewed advice to avoid raw-milk products for young children.