Escherichia coli O157 infection disaster in Japan, 1996.
Escherichia coli O157 infection disaster occurred in Sakai in the summer of 1996, in which over 6000 infections and three deaths occurred. Seventeen patients, including four girls with haemolytic uraemic syndrome, were treated successfully in our hospital and information was published, as quickly as possible, on our internet home page.
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Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
Kurita
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D002648:Child; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019453:Escherichia coli O157; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male