Community-wide outbreaks of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 in Italy and Romania: a new challenge for the European Union

Ettore Severi; Flavie Vial; Emilie Peron; Otilia Mardh; Taina Niskanen; Johanna Takkinen

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.49.30420

Community-wide outbreaks of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 in Italy and Romania: a new challenge for the European Union

Euro Surveill. 2016 Dec 8;21(49):30420. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.49.30420.

Authors

Ettore Severi¹, Flavie Vial¹, Emilie Peron^{2

3}, Otilia Mardh¹, Taina Niskanen¹, Johanna Takkinen¹

Affiliations

¹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
² European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Gastrointestinal, zoonosis and tropical diseases unit, Department of infectious diseases epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 27983509
PMCID: PMC5291129
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.49.30420

No abstract available

Keywords: STEC O26; Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli; VTEC O26; Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli; haemolytic uraemic syndrome; outbreak.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks*
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
European Union
Female
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / epidemiology*
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology
Humans
Infant
Italy
Male
Public Health*
Romania
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*