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Article: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroups in food and patients, Germany.(DISPATCHES)(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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We compared 61 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups from 448 food isolates with 71 STEC serogroups from 1,447 isolates from patients in Germany. Two thirds (41/61), representing 72% of food isolates, were also found in patients. Serogroups typically isolated from patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome were rarely found in food.
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) of serogroups other than O157 (non-O157 STEC) account for 80% of STEC gastroenteritis reports in Germany's national surveillance database (1). Some of the non-O 157 serogroups unequivocally cause disease comparable in severity to that caused by STEC ...