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Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/baby-given-meningitis-cat-sparkle-3424700
Baby given MENINGITIS by CAT: Girl left fighting for life after being licked by pet
Apr 17, 2014 21:12
By Andrew Gregory, Richard Smith
Little Sparkle Anderson almost died after contracting the infection passed to her in the saliva of the family's ginger tomcat ChesneyMum-of-one
...Chelsea-Ann, aged 21, said: ?I was just really, really surprised when the doctors said she caught it from the cat - I didn?t have a clue it was possible.
?For the first couple of days we feared the worst because Sparkle was so unwell.
?About five days later the doctors asked if we had any pets. I said we had a cat.
?They explained to us that Sparkle?s illness had been caused by a bug carried by bacteria in the cat?s saliva.
?It took them a while to find out what it was because they had never seen it before.
?The doctor said that from the swab they had there was a bug that grew and they didn?t know what it was.
?It turned out it was in cats, dogs, rabbits and pigs - it was in their saliva and really rare.
?The doctors said there were only 39 recorded cases in the world and most involved newborn babies because they didn?t have an immune system...
Baby given MENINGITIS by CAT: Girl left fighting for life after being licked by pet
Apr 17, 2014 21:12
By Andrew Gregory, Richard Smith
Little Sparkle Anderson almost died after contracting the infection passed to her in the saliva of the family's ginger tomcat ChesneyMum-of-one
...Chelsea-Ann, aged 21, said: ?I was just really, really surprised when the doctors said she caught it from the cat - I didn?t have a clue it was possible.
?For the first couple of days we feared the worst because Sparkle was so unwell.
?About five days later the doctors asked if we had any pets. I said we had a cat.
?They explained to us that Sparkle?s illness had been caused by a bug carried by bacteria in the cat?s saliva.
?It took them a while to find out what it was because they had never seen it before.
?The doctor said that from the swab they had there was a bug that grew and they didn?t know what it was.
?It turned out it was in cats, dogs, rabbits and pigs - it was in their saliva and really rare.
?The doctors said there were only 39 recorded cases in the world and most involved newborn babies because they didn?t have an immune system...