Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O104 outbreak causing haemolytic syndrome (HUS) in Germany and France

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2011 Jul 4;5(6):437-40. doi: 10.3855/jidc.2172.

Abstract

At the beginning of May an outbreak of bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) began in Germany. During the succeeding months following the initial outbreak in Germany, thousands of infections occurred resulting in 877 cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) with 32 deaths and 3,043 cases of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) with 16 deaths.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Genotype
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Serotyping
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*