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Identification of the Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 Strain Responsible for a Food Poisoning Outbreak in Germany by PCR
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49:3439-3440
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2011.
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Abstract
- An outbreak caused by Escherichia coli serotype O104:H4 strains has been affecting northern Germany since May 2011, with 3,222 patients infected and 39 of them dead by 18 June ([4][1]). Around 25% of the patients developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) ([1][2], [3][3]), a rate which is much higher
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
Microbiology (medical)
Escherichia coli Proteins
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Shiga Toxin 2
Disease Outbreaks
Microbiology
law.invention
Foodborne Diseases
law
Germany
medicine
Humans
Escherichia coli
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections
Polymerase chain reaction
Food poisoning
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli serotype
Strain (chemistry)
Outbreak
medicine.disease
Fast-Track Communication
Fimbriae Proteins
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1098660X and 00951137
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....22e23c2503df779153497e93bbc70cfc