TY - JOUR T1 - [Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 outbreak in Obihiro-city--biological and molecular characteristics among O157 isolates]. AU - Makino,S, AU - Asakura,H, AU - Shirahata,T, AU - Ikeda,T, AU - Takeshi,K, AU - Nagano,H, AU - Yano,S, AU - Kubota,T, AU - Fujii,N, PY - 1998/2/10/pubmed PY - 1998/2/10/medline PY - 1998/2/10/entrez SP - 1131 EP - 6 JF - Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases JO - Kansenshogaku Zasshi VL - 71 IS - 11 N2 - The outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 infection in Obihiro City, Japan, occurred in late October 1996. The infection affected a total of 169 kindergarten pupils and school staff members in a private kindergarten. Twenty-one children (12.4%) progressed into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Moreover, the person-to-person infections in 9 families and the duration of excretion of EHEC in 13 patients were observed. The contaminated food was identified as the potato-salad served at lunch. Analysis of biological characteristics, the ability of toxin production, and the DNA analysis by PCR-based fingerprinting, the RAPD tests, among all clinical isolates, clarified a homologous origin of contamination. SN - 0387-5911 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/9455053/[Enterohemorrhagic_Escherichia_coli_O157_outbreak_in_Obihiro_city__biological_and_molecular_characteristics_among_O157_isolates]_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/ecoliinfections.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -