Whole-Genome Sequencing for Risk Assessment of Long-term Shiga Toxin–producingEscherichia coli

Johannes K.-M Knobloch,Stefan Niemann,Werner Solbach,Ulrich Lindner,Friedhelm Sayk,Thomas A Kohl,Martin Nitschke

doi:10.3201/eid2004.131782

Abstract

Whole-Genome Sequencing for Risk Assessment of Long-term Shiga Toxin–producing<i>Escherichia coli</i>

Highlights

Isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus from a patient in Belem, Brazil
We describe the use of wholegenome sequencing to assess the risk from long-term Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) carriage in a patient who had been denied surgery because of the infection
On August 18, 2013, a 64-yearold woman reporting to be a carrier of STEC since March 2013 contacted the University Medical Center Lübeck, Lubeck, Germany, seeking decolonization therapy that had been provided to long-term STEC carriers during the 2011 STEC O104:H4 outbreak [1]

Summary

Introduction

Isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus from a patient in Belem, Brazil. Whole-Genome Sequencing for Risk Assessment of Long-term Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli To the Editor: Long-term carriage of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can greatly affect the social and work lives of infected patients.

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