Panic as girl, 15, rushed to hospital after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder burger

Kamberlyn Bowler regularly ate a Quarter Pounder with food and other pickles but, aft 1 repast astatine McDonald's, she was taken to infirmary arsenic she was vomiting and had different symptoms

A teen was rushed to infirmary and diagnosed her with an E Coli corruption aft eating her favourite repast astatine McDonald's.

When Kamberlyn Bowler, 15, started to endure from a fever and tummy pain, her parent Brittany dismissed her unwellness arsenic flu. Kamberlyn regularly eats Quarter Pounder with food and other pickles astatine McDonald's but her symptoms started earlier this period aft a sojourn to 1 of the branches.

And she soon began to vomit and person diarrhea truthful Brittany took her to hospital. Tests yet showed her kidneys had stopped moving — and doctors diagnosed her with an E Coli infection. This had started attacking her kidneys, leaving them incapable to filter discarded from the humor properly.

The teenager, from Grand Junction, Colorado, is inactive successful the infirmary astir 3 weeks aboriginal and has been done respective rounds of dialysis, wherever machines filter the blood. Her parent said her daughter's kidneys present amusement signs of recovery, and they anticipation that the adjacent dialysis league is her past — but it is inactive unclear erstwhile she volition beryllium discharged from the hospital.

At slightest 75 radical person suffered sickness crossed 13 states aft eating astatine McDonald's and catching E Coli. Of these, 22 person been hospitalised, 1 has died and astatine slightest 2 person suffered from hemolytic–uremic syndrome upset (HUS), the information Kamberlyn has.

Investigators accidental that chopped yellowish onions successful the burger are the apt root of the E. coli, and the supplier — Taylor Foods — has recalled them from sale.

After the outbreak was revealed past week, a 5th of McDonald's restaurants withdrew the Quarter Pounder from sale. They are present backmost connected the menu, however, aft an probe showed the beef patties were not contaminated — but successful 700 restaurants they are being served without the onions.

Other accelerated nutrient giants successful the US, including Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut person each stopped utilizing onions, which they accidental is simply a 'proactive' measurement portion the probe is underway.

Kamberlyn was described arsenic wiping distant tears during her archetypal interrogation with NBC News from her infirmary bed, saying her unwellness was "not fun". Her parent said: "It's decidedly been a roller coaster from the clip that we've gotten present until now. Every time has been caller tests oregon caller things that popular up, oregon it's fundamentally watching her assemblage conscionable not work... We're not truly definite what it's going to look similar for her moving forward."

A spokesperson for McDonald's told Mail Online reports similar Kamberlyn's were "devastating to us". They added: "We cognize that radical and families person been importantly impacted, and the well-being of our customers is profoundly important to us." The Mirror has contacted McDonald's for further comment.