| Autor: |
Piérard, D., Etterijck, R., Breynaert, J., Moriau, L., Lauwers, S. |
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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Mar1990, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p198-201, 4p |
| Abstrakt: |
During an 18-month period all stools submitted to a microbiology laboratory in Belgium for culture were screened for Verocytotoxinproducing Escherichia coli (VTEC) serotype O157. In the stool samples from 3940 patients, eight (0.2 %) VTEC O157 strains were isolated, seven of which were O157:H7. Additional screening for other serotypes of VTEC in 332 selected stool samples yielded four more strains (serotypes O2:K1:H6, O111:H, O117:K1:H7 and O'C70/86':H). The 0.3 % isolation rate for all VTEC was comparable to that for Shigella spp. Eight children under 30 months and two adults suffered from uncomplicated gastroenteritis. A 5-month-old child and a 41-year-old woman presented with hemolytic uremic syndrome a few days after onset of a diarrheal episode. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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