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Grif, K; Orth, D; Lederer, I; Berghold, C; Roedl, S; Mache, CJ; Dierich, MP; Würzner, R.
Importance of environmental transmission in cases of EHEC O157 causing hemolytic uremic syndrome.
EUR J CLIN MICROBIOL INFECT D. 2005; 24(4): 268-271.
Doi: 10.1007/s10096-005-1320-z
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- Mache Christoph
- Roedl Siegfried
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- A local outbreak of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 causing severe hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) was found to be caused by environmental transmission. Automated ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that four stx2-positive EHEC isolates obtained from two unrelated children, one mother and one cow were identical. Results of an epidemiological investigation strongly suggest that both children were infected via a meadow strewn with manure containing EHEC-positive feces from the infected cow a few days prior to the onset of illness. The cow belonged to a cattle farm neighboring the meadow. This report highlights the risk of acquiring EHEC O157 through indirect contact with a farm environment.
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