Three people test positive with Leptospirosis in central Queensland

[Ronan Kelly]

Three people test positive with flood bacterial infection Leptospirosis in central Queensland From: The Courier-Mail January 19, 2011 10:39AM

THREE people from Theodore and Moura, in Central Queensland, have been diagnosed with a flood-related bacterial infection.
Queensland Health said the three had all tested positive to Leptospirosis, caused by bacteria common in soil and water in rural areas, which causes flu-like symptoms.
All three have been treated and are recovering well.
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/three-people-test-positive-with-flood-bacterial-infection-leptospirosis-in-central-queensland/story-e6freon6-1225990982931

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Re: Three people test positive with Leptospirosis in central Queensland

Please see (or merge) the following thread; this had originally been reported as a mystery outbreak.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=387568

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Re: Three people test positive with Leptospirosis in central Queensland

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/19/3116201.htm

Farmer recovers from flood-related illness
By Paul Robinson

Updated 1 hour 26 minutes ago


Farmer Trevor Brownlie inspects his ruined cotton crop at Theodore. (ABC News: Alice Roberts)

A central Queensland cotton grower has been discharged from hospital after being treated for a flood-related bacterial disease.

Trevor Brownlie and his wife, from Theodore, were treated for leptospirosis.

Mr Brownlie says it took doctors a while to diagnose his illness.

"They've finally identified it to be 'lepto' but what strain it is they don't know, but I wouldn't recommend it to anybody to go in there," he said.

"You go through a fairly, well a weight loss program, but they got onto the end of it and got us all up on our feet and they looked after us really really well over in Moura."