European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 9, 1994 j the stars and stripes Page 11 deadly Strep likened to 1800s Scarlet fever by Paul Raeburn the associated press new York a the fatal infections that inspired hysterical headlines about a flesh eating bacteria could indicate the return of bacteria that caused a severe form of Scarlet fever a Century ago killing thousands before mysteriously disappear ins a. ,. A a it a come Back or its Learned a new trick a said Vincent Fischetti of Rockefeller University in new York who directs one of the nations leading laboratories for research on streptococcal bacteria. A if you look at infectious diseases they run in cycles a concurred or. Edward Kaplan of the University of Minnesota director of a world health organization Laboratory devoted to the study of Strep. The headlines such As a killer Bug ate my face a first appeared in England where 15 people have been afflicted with the deadly bacteria since Jan. 1. Eleven have died. Some did indeed lose skin or muscle As a result of the infection which can spread As rapidly As an Inch an hour. In the United states the reports touched off a virtual epidemic of news stories warning of the bacteria a dangers. Two people were hospitalized in Connecticut and both have had a Radical surgery a said a Hospital official in Norwalk. A Man in Coral Springs Fiat a and a Man in Alhambra calif., also were recovering after surgery for the disease. However the news coverage is More widespread than the bacteria. Deadly strains of streptococcus remain rare and the outbreaks Are isolated. The Federal centers for disease control and Preven Tion in Atlanta said 500 to 1,500 such infections occur each year in the United states. A i think there was a definite increase beginning in the late 19s0s in this country and in Scandinavia a Kaplan said. The serious infections May have declined slightly in the last two years but they Are still More common than they were in the 19s0s, he said. Milder strains of Strep bacteria arc exceedingly common infecting perhaps 10 percent to 15 percent of americans the cd said. They cause Strep Throat and a mild form of Scarlet fever Fischetti said. The deadly strains produce a toxin that poisons skin and muscle tissue or internal organs causing the body a own disease fighters to Careen out of control. A once that a begun you re in trouble. There a no Way to reverse it a Fischetti said. A and its usually Fischetti recoiled at the use of the term a flesh eating a i hate that a he said. A i picture Pac Man the bacteria done to eat tissue he emphasized. They Poison it. The deadly strains appeared in the United states about five years ago Fis Chetti said. A a it a a highly toxic group a Strep a he said. A strains like this have been around at the turn of the Century when Scarlet fever was a deadly the severe form of Scarlet fever declined in the 1920s. Doctors were not sure Why. But now the strains that caused it appear to have returned Fischetti said. Poisoning the skin deadly streptococcal infections have been reported in England and now in the United states More about the disease the disease a the deadly Strain of Strep differs from the More common Strain that causes Strep Throat. It carries an extra Gene that produces a toxin which poisons the skin. ,. 01 these streptococcal bacteria can survive on unbroken skin for some time usually until they Are washed off. The bacteria can get into an abrasion on the skin and Start to grow very rapidly. A Jas they feed on the nutrients in skin tissue the bacteria produce a toxin As a waste product leaving dead tissue in their path a topped the toxin will wind up in the bloodstream where Normal body disease defences Are unable to neutralize it. The body will then go into Shock and the victim will die. Medical treatment a once the toxin gets into the bloodstream it is difficult to reverse the disease. A antibiotics Are successful in combating the deadly bacteria but they work Only on tissue that has circulation. Dead skin tissue which shelters the bacteria must be removed sure locally. Spotting the disease initially there will be a Smalt reddening of the skin around an abrasion this local inflammation will grow rapidly several inches in a Day and eventually turn Black As the skin Dies. Source Vincent Fischietti ph.d., Rockefeller University a Karl Gud students keep body in Field for show and Tell Kansas City to. Apr High where they would say a hey in be got some school students discovered a Many a body in thing neat to show you a a police maj. A Field and left it there for nearly a week in David Barton said. A rather than being re voting friends to come and take a look to pulsed by it they kept bringing More peo lice said. Pie to see the body a a it became a clique. It was like a club according to students accounts some teens laughed at the sight of the body and poked it with Sticks. Others were nauseated by the smell. Police said at least 15 students went to Sec the body before one of the students relatives called authorities. The dead Man was identified As Robert Mentzor 44, who walked away March 1 from a veterans affairs Hospital where he had been taken after a suicide attempt. His body was found about 10 Miles from the 8, outsmart test makers in abcs Barnstead . A an 8-year-old girl discovered an error on a National achievement test that had eluded other youngsters and adults for nearly a decade. The test created in 1985, asked children to unscramble five groups of jumbled words and form five sentences with the words in alphabetical order. One group consisted of a is Hurt an like others Laura Gilchrist turned those words into a an Eagle is then she noticed that s not in alphabetical sequence. Laura a teacher Darlene Clay was impressed. A truthfully in be been working with these materials for four years and i never noticed it a she said. Clay wrote to the tests publisher cab Macmillan Mcgraw Hill of California and editor Chris Schwanz wrote Back thanking Laura for her finding. A we should make you an editor Here you see we make mistakes sometimes too a Schwanz wrote. Laura s Mother Janet said her daughter is a voracious Reader. A part of her motivation is the Competition of having two older Brothers a Janet Gilchrist said. 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Daniel Naple who was released from prison after serving time for theft is a fugitive on the tax fraud charges said Mary Butler a spokeswoman for the . Attorneys office. The other suspect Robert Kirsch is awaiting trial. A the men got the names and social Security numbers of hundreds of prisoners and used them to file false returns on income taxes in 1989 and 1990, according to Federal documents. They fabricated w-2 forms at the Law Library at the Glades correctional institution and smuggled the bogus returns out of the prison to mail authorities say. Nelson 50, agreed to pay $24,661 in restitution for the checks he endorsed. He also pleaded guilty to helping file a false claim for an income tax refund. He faces a maximum sentence of five years and a Fine of up to $250,000. 1994 Darmstadt summer 16-20 Juno a Cambrai Fritsch Kaseane pm parking lot grand opening is 16 Juno at 5 pm in Tho main lost Tont. 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