1887
Rapid communications Open Access
Like 0

Abstract

Denmark faced an outbreak of verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) O157:H7 infections in autumn 2012. Thirteen cases were diagnosed of which eight had haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). Epidemiological investigations suggested ground beef as the vehicle of the outbreak. The outbreak strain had a rare toxin gene subtype profile: eae, vtx1a and vtx2a, and a high proportion of HUS (62%) among cases, a finding previously linked with the outbreak subtype profile. Toxin subtyping can be useful to identify high risk VTEC strains.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/10.2807/ese.18.02.20350-en
2013-01-10
2024-03-28
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/10.2807/ese.18.02.20350-en
Loading
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/eurosurveillance/18/2/art20350-en.htm?itemId=/content/10.2807/ese.18.02.20350-en&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah
Submit comment
Close
Comment moderation successfully completed
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error