Deer Sausage: A Newly Identified Vehicle of Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 - 08/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.051
Christina K. Ahn, BS a, Anthony J. Russo, MPH b, Karla R. Howell, RN c, Nicholas J. Holt, BS a, Patricia L. Sellenriek, BS, MBA d, Robert J. Rothbaum, MD e, Anne M. Beck, MD e, Leon J. Luebbering, BS f, Phillip I. Tarr, MD a, ⁎ 
a Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
b Jefferson County Health Department, Arnold, MO
c Saint Louis County Department of Health, Communicable Disease Division, Clayton, MO
d Saint Louis Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis, MO
e Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
f Environmental Bacteriology Unit, Missouri State Public Health Laboratory, Jefferson City, MO
Reprint requests: Dr Phillip I. Tarr, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, Campus Box 8208, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110.Abstract |
Five Missouri patients infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7 were studied for an epidemiologically plausible association. Case isolates, case interviews, and pathogen and meat XbaI pulsed field electrophoresis patterns were consistent with the common source being contaminated, fermented deer sausage, a previously unrecognized mode of transmission for Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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Vol 155 - N° 4
P. 587-589 - octobre 2009 Retour au numéro
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