Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome, Italy, 1988-2000.
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.
Tozzi
Alberto E
AE
Department of Communicable Disease, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le R. Elena 299 00161 Roma, Italy. tozzi@iss.it
Caprioli
Alfredo
A
Minelli
Fabio
F
Gianviti
Alessandra
A
De Petris
Laura
L
Edefonti
Alberto
A
Montini
Giovanni
G
Ferretti
Alfonso
A
De Palo
Tommaso
T
Gaido
Maurizio
M
Rizzoni
Gianfranco
G
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*
D022621:Shiga Toxin