Escherichia coli O157: Occurrence, transmission and laboratory detection

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-64

  Easton, Louise ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Escherichia coli; Rectocolitis, hemorrhagic; Uremia

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

COLITIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PURPURA;

EID: 0030946710     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Chinyu S, Brandt LJ. E. coli O157:117 infection in humans. Ann Intern Med 1995;123:698-714.
2. Griffin P, Tauxe RV. The epidemiology of infections caused by E. coli O157:H7, other enterohaemorrhagic E. coli, and the associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Epidemiol Rev 1991;13:60-98.
3. Law D. Adhesion and its role in the virulence of enteropathogenic E. coli. Clin Microbiol Rev 1994;7:152-73.
4. Riley LW. The epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic features of haemorrhagic colitis. Annu Rev Microbiol 1987;41:338-407.
5. Ashkenazi S, Cleary TG. Rapid method to detect Shiga toxin and Shiga-like toxin I based on binding to globotriosyl ceramide (Gb3), their natural receptor. J Clin Microbiol 1989;27:1145-50.
6. Sharp JCM, Lewis DR, Curnow J, Reid TMS. High incidence of haemorrhagic colitis due to E. coli O157 in one Scottish town: clinical and epidemiological features. J Infect 1994;29:343-50.
7. Brewster DH, Brown MI, Robertson D, Houghton GL, Bimson J, Sharp JCM. An outbreak of E. coli O157 associated with a children's paddling pool. Epidemiol Infect 1994;112:441-7.
8. Bitzan M, Ludwig K, Klemt M, Konig H, Buren J, Muller-Wiefel DE. The role of E. coli O157 infections in the classical (enteropathic) haemolytic uraemic syndrome: results of a Central European, multicentre study. Epidemiol Infect 1993;110:183-96.
9. Kamali MA. Infection by verotoxin-producing E. coli. Clin Microbiol Rev 1989;2:15-38.
10. Cowden JM, Wall PG, Adak G, Evans H, Le Baigue S, Ross D. Outbreaks of foodborne infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales: 1992 and 1993. CDR Rev 1995;5:R109-17.
11. CDR. Vero cytotoxin producing E. coli: which specimens should be tested? CDR Week 1995;5:1.
12. Shukla R, Slack R, George A, Cheasty T, Rowe B, Scutter J. E. coli O157 infection associated with a farm visitor centre. CDR Rev 1995;6:R86-9.
13. Morgan D, Newman CP, Hutchinson DN, Walker AM, Rowe B, Majid F. Verotoxin producing E. coli O157 infections associated with the consumption of yoghurt. Epidemiol Infect 1993;111:181-7.
14. Rowe PM. Eradicating E. coli O157:H7. Lancet 1995;345:117.
15. Upton P, Coia JE. Outbreak of E. coli O157 infection associated with pasteurised milk supply. Lancet 1994;434:1015.
16. Allaby MAK, Mayon-White R. E. coli O157: outbreak in a day nursery. CDR Rev 1995;5:R4-6.
17. Renwick SA, Wilson JB, Clarke RC et al. Evidence of direct transmission of E. coli O157:H7 infection between calves and humans. J Infect Dis 1993;168:792-3.
18. Chapman PA. Isolation, identification and typing of Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157. PHLS Microbiol Dig 1994; 11:13-17.