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Journal Article
Epidemic Profile of Shiga-Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak in Germany
2011
Overview
An epidemic of foodborne infection with
Escherichia coli
associated with a high rate of the hemolytic–uremic syndrome and caused by a novel
E. coli
strain (O104:H4) recently occurred in Germany. This final report updates epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic information.
On May 19, 2011, the Robert Koch Institute, Germany's national-level public health authority, was informed about a cluster of three cases of the hemolytic–uremic syndrome in children admitted on the same day to the university hospital in the city of Hamburg. On May 20, a team from the Robert Koch Institute arrived in Hamburg to assist with the public health investigation. It quickly became clear that the case numbers were continuing to rise, that there were also cases in adults, and that other areas of Germany, especially northern Germany, were also affected. An investigation of the outbreak involving all levels . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Subject
/ Adult
/ Aged
/ Anemia
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Child
/ Diarrhea
/ E coli
/ Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology
/ Escherichia coli Infections - etiology
/ Female
/ Food contamination & poisoning
/ Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
/ Gastroenteritis - microbiology
/ Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - epidemiology
/ Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - microbiology
/ Humans
/ Infant
/ Male
/ Medicago sativa - microbiology
/ Patients
/ Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
