Ongoing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) outbreak caused by sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017.Euro Surveill. 2017 May 25; 22(21)ES
Abstract
We report an ongoing, protracted and geographically dispersed outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and gastroenteritis in Germany, involving 30 cases since December 2016. The outbreak was caused by the sorbitol-fermenting immotile variant of Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) Escherichia coli O157. Molecular typing revealed close relatedness between isolates from 14 cases. One HUS patient died. Results of a case-control study suggest packaged minced meat as the most likely food vehicle. Food safety investigations are ongoing.
Links
MeSH
Pub Type(s)
Journal Article
Language
eng
PubMed ID
28597831
Citation
Vygen-Bonnet, Sabine, et al. "Ongoing Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) Outbreak Caused By Sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017." Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 21, 2017.
Vygen-Bonnet S, Rosner B, Wilking H, et al. Ongoing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) outbreak caused by sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(21).
Vygen-Bonnet, S., Rosner, B., Wilking, H., Fruth, A., Prager, R., Kossow, A., Lang, C., Simon, S., Seidel, J., Faber, M., Schielke, A., Michaelis, K., Holzer, A., Kamphausen, R., Kalhöfer, D., Thole, S., Mellmann, A., Flieger, A., & Stark, K. (2017). Ongoing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) outbreak caused by sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017. Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin, 22(21). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.21.30541
Vygen-Bonnet S, et al. Ongoing Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) Outbreak Caused By Sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017. Euro Surveill. 2017 May 25;22(21) PubMed PMID: 28597831.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR
T1 - Ongoing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) outbreak caused by sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017.
AU - Vygen-Bonnet,Sabine,
AU - Rosner,Bettina,
AU - Wilking,Hendrik,
AU - Fruth,Angelika,
AU - Prager,Rita,
AU - Kossow,Annelene,
AU - Lang,Christina,
AU - Simon,Sandra,
AU - Seidel,Juliane,
AU - Faber,Mirko,
AU - Schielke,Anika,
AU - Michaelis,Kai,
AU - Holzer,Alexandra,
AU - Kamphausen,Rolf,
AU - Kalhöfer,Daniela,
AU - Thole,Sebastian,
AU - Mellmann,Alexander,
AU - Flieger,Antje,
AU - Stark,Klaus,
PY - 2017/05/11/received
PY - 2017/05/24/accepted
PY - 2017/6/10/entrez
PY - 2017/6/10/pubmed
PY - 2018/3/7/medline
KW - HUS
KW - Shiga toxin-producing E. coli - STEC
KW - food-borne infections
KW - haemolytic uraemic syndrome
KW - outbreak
JF - Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
JO - Euro Surveill
VL - 22
IS - 21
N2 - We report an ongoing, protracted and geographically dispersed outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and gastroenteritis in Germany, involving 30 cases since December 2016. The outbreak was caused by the sorbitol-fermenting immotile variant of Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) Escherichia coli O157. Molecular typing revealed close relatedness between isolates from 14 cases. One HUS patient died. Results of a case-control study suggest packaged minced meat as the most likely food vehicle. Food safety investigations are ongoing.
SN - 1560-7917
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28597831/Ongoing_haemolytic_uraemic_syndrome__HUS__outbreak_caused_by_sorbitol_fermenting__SF__Shiga_toxin_producing_Escherichia_coli__STEC__O157_Germany_December_2016_to_May_2017_
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -