Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroups in food and patients, Germany.
We compared 61 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups from 448 food isolates with 71 STEC serogroups from 1,447 isolates from patients in Germany. Two thirds (41/61), representing 72% of food isolates, were also found in patients. Serogroups typically isolated from patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome were rarely found in food.
Werber
Dirk
D
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. werberd@rki.de
Beutin
Lothar
L
Pichner
Rohtraud
R
Stark
Klaus
K
Fruth
Angelika
A
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine