Combined infection of Norwalk-like virus and verotoxin-producing bacteria associated with a gastroenteritis outbreak.
Detection of multiple pathogens, particularly a combination of viruses and bacteria, is infrequently documented in outbreaks of gastroenteritis. This paper reports the presence of Norwalk-like virus (NLV) and enterohaemorrhagic verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in one individual, and NLV and verotoxin-producing Aeromonas sobria in another individual, both part of a large gastroenteritis outbreak. The causes of gastroenteritis in such outbreaks may be more complex than previously thought.
Bettelheim
K A
KA
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia.
Bowden
D S
DS
Doultree
J C
JC
Catton
M G
MG
Chibo
D
D
Ryan
N J
NJ
Wright
P J
PJ
Gunesekere
I C
IC
Griffith
J M
JM
Lightfoot
D
D
Hogg
G G
GG
Bennett-Wood
V
V
Marshall
J A
JA
D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009663:Norwalk virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1