title: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome, Italy, 1988-2000.
abstract: The mean annual incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons </=15 years of age in Italy from 1988 to 2000 was 0.28 per 100,000 population. Laboratory investigations showed that Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection occurred in 73.1% of patients. STEC O157 was the most common serotype, but a considerable number of cases were from infections by non-O157 STEC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communicable Disease, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le R. Elena 299 00161 Roma, Italy. tozzi@iss.it
authors.forename: Alberto E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tozzi
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caprioli
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Minelli
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gianviti
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Petris
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edefonti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montini
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Palo
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaido
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzoni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012703:Serotyping; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D022621:Shiga Toxin