title: Fatal case of HUS after VTEC E. coli O145 infection in Slovenia highlights importance of testing for this rare strain.
authors.affiliation: Communicable Diseases Center, National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia. alenka.kraigher@IVZ-RS.si
authors.forename: Alenka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraigher
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seme
authors.forename: Andreja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krt-Lah
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology