Multi‐country outbreak of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli infection associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome

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EFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 13, Issue 4 1017E Technical reportOpen Access Multi-country outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSearch for more papers by this author European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 April 2016 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1017Citations: 3 Published date: 6 April 2016 Question number: EFSA-Q-2016-00232 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References Luna-Gierke RE, Wymore K, Sadlowski J, Clogher P, Gierke RW, Tobin-D'Angelo M, et al. Multiple-Aetiology Enteric Infections Involving Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli - FoodNet, 2001–2010. Zoonoses Public Hlth. 2014 Nov; 61(7): 492– 8. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Escherichia coiifactsheet Stockholm: ECDC; [cited 2016 March 29]. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/escherichia_coli/basic_facts/Pages/basic_facts.aspx. Fauci A, Braunwald E, Kasper D, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson J, et al. Harrison's Principles of internal medicine. MH Medical, editor: McGraw Hill Medical; 2008. 1811– 5 p. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control). The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2014. EFSA journal. 13(12): 4329,191. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases Stockholm: ECDC; 2016 [cited 2016 March 29]. Available from: http://atlas.ecdc.europa.eu/public/index.aspx. Espie E, Grimont F, Mariani-Kurkdjian P, Bouvet P, Haeghebaert S, Filliol I, et al. Surveillance of hemolytic uremic syndrome in children less than 15 years of age, a system to monitor O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in France, 1996–2006. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Jul; 27(7): 595– 601. Institut de Veille Sanitaire. Epidémie d'infections à E. coli producteurs de Shiga-toxines non 0157 liée à la consommation de camembert au lait cru, nord-ouest de la France, octobre-décembre 20052007 March 30. Available from: http://opac.invs.sante.fr/index.php2lvNnotice_display&id=9416. Ethelberg S, Smith B, Torpdahl M, Lisby M, Boel J, Jensen T, et al. Outbreak of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection from consumption of beef sausage. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 15; 48(8): e78– 81. Germinario C, Chironna M, CGallone M, Tafuri S, Desiante F, Calabrese G. Community-wide Outbreak of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Shiga Toxin 2-Producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 in Southern Italy, Summer 2013. Euro Surveill. 2016;(Forthcoming). International Organization for Standardization. ISO/TS 13136:2012 Microbiology of food and animal feed -Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for the detection of food-borne pathogens -Horizontal method for the detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and the determination of O157, O111, O26, O103 and O145 serogroups. Technical Specifications: ISO; 2012. p. 22. Peron E, Zaharia A, Zota L, Severi E, Mârdh O, Usein C, et al. Early findings in outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome among young children caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Romania, January to February 2016. Eurosurveillance. 2016; 21(11). Jenssen G, Hovland E, Bjerre A, Bangstad H-J, Nygard K, Vold L. Incidence and etiology of hemolytic-uremic syndrome in children in Norway, 1999–2008 - a retrospective study of hospital records to assess the sensitivity of surveillance. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014; 14(1): 265. Nielsen EM, Andersen MT. Detection and characterization of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli by automated 5' nuclease PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jul; 41(7): 2884– 93. Citing Literature Volume13, Issue4April 20161017E ReferencesRelatedInformation