Related: Problematic injection kills 3, sickens another 78

The photo taken on Aug. 4, 2006 shows the clindamycin phosphate glucose injection, which was confirmed to kill six-year-old girl Liu Sichen, in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.  (Xinhua Photo)

    HEFEI, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- More antibiotic injection produced by a pharmaceutical in east China's Anhui Province have been recalled as it is suspected to have killed three people, sources with the Anhui Provincial Food and Drug Bureau said on Sunday.

    The Anhui Huayuan Worldbest Biology Pharmacy Co., based in Fuyang city as a subsidiary of the Shanghai Worldbest Co. Ltd., have recalled 760,000 bottles of clindamycin phosphate glucose injection by Sunday morning while more than 480,000 bottles have been sealed.

    The company produced 3.68 million bottles of the injection in the batch since June and sold them to 26 provinces, regions and municipalities.

    The injection antibiotic is suspected of killing three people including a six-year-old girl in Harbin, capital of northeastern China's Heilongjiang province.

    The girl, who was being treated for a cold, became seriously ill with a high fever within 20 minutes of the injection by a trained nurse at her home on July 24. She was transferred to two hospitals for emergency treatment, but was declared dead on July 27.

    Patients in Qinghai first reported kidney pains, stomach aches, nausea, vomiting and chest pains after using the drug on July 27. Similar reports were filed in Guangxi, Zhejiang, Shandong and Heilongjiang provinces.

    The Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Center of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has received 81 reports of severe reaction including three deaths in recipients of the antibiotic from 10 provinces by Saturday.

    The SFDA has sent a team of experts to investigate the link between the reactions and the antibiotic injection, the administration said.

    The Ministry of Health on Thursday issued an urgent circular ordering the suspension of using the antibiotic injection produced by the Anhui company since June. Enditem