Duration of Fecal Shedding of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 in Patients Infected During the 2011 Outbreak in Germany: A Multicenter Study
Author(s) -
R.-P. Vonberg,
Michael Höhle,
Martin Aepfelbacher,
Franz Bange,
Cristina Belmar Campos,
K Claußen,
Martin Christner,
Jakob P. Cramer,
Hermann Haller,
Mathias W. Hornef,
Helmut Fickenscher,
Katharina Fraedrich,
Johannes K.M. Knobloch,
Tanja Kühbacher,
Michael P. Manns,
Martin Nitschke,
Georg Peters,
M Pulz,
Holger Rohde,
Rahel Tabea Roseland,
Friedhelm Sayk,
Frieder Schaumburg,
Harald O. Schöcklmann,
Sabine Schubert,
Werner Solbach,
Helge Karch,
Sebastian Suerbaum
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis1218
Subject(s) - feces , medicine , outbreak , shiga toxin , pathogen , gastroenterology , escherichia coli , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , biochemistry , gene
In May-July 2011, Germany experienced a large food-borne outbreak of Shiga toxin 2-producing Escherichia coli (STEC O104:H4) with 3842 cases, including 855 cases with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 53 deaths.
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