Sorbitol-fermenting enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- causes another outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Alpers, K ^a   Werber, D ^a   Frank, C ^a   Koch, J ^a   Friedrich, A W ^b   Karch, H ^b   An Der Heiden, M ^a   Prager, R ^a   Fruth, A ^a   Bielaszewska, M ^b   Morlock, G ^c   Heissenhuber, A ^c   Diedler, A ^d   Gerber, A ^e   Ammon, A ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EHEC; Foodborne infections; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome; Outbreak; Sorbitol fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FATALITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEAT; MINCED MEAT; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAW FOOD; RAW MILK; SALAD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SORBITOL FERMENTING ENTEROHAEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GERMANY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SORBITOL;

EID: 64549148048     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001465     Document Type: Article

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