Surveillance of enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infections and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in Europe.
Since they were first described, Escherichia coliO157: H7 and other related enterohaemorrhagic E. coli(EHEC) have become known as a major infectious cause of bloody diarrhoea. These E. coliproduce one or more shiga-toxins (stx) or Vero cytotoxins. Strictl
Ammon
Andrea
A
Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany.