In Queensland, Australia, 31 of 96 Shiga toxin‒producing Escherichia coli cases during 2020-2022 were reported by a specialty pathology laboratory servicing alternative health practitioners. Those new cases were more likely to be asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic, prompting a review of the standard public health response.
Keywords: Australia; HUS; Queensland; STEC; Shiga toxin‒producing Escherichia coli; alternative health practitioners; bacteria; bloody diarrhea; diagnoses; diagnostic laboratories; hemolytic uremic syndrome; stx.