Undercooked ground beef and person-to-person transmission as major risk factors for sporadic hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Shiga-toxin producing Escherchia coli infections in children in France.
In a prospective matched case-control study of sporadic pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli infection in France, eating undercooked ground beef, contact with a person with diarrhea, and drinking well water during the summer period were identified as risk factors. Prevention efforts in France should focus on reducing not only food-borne but also person-to-person transmission.
Vaillant
Véronique
V
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institut de veille sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France. v.vaillant@invs.sante.fr
Espié
Emmanuelle
E
de Valk
Henriette
H
Durr
Ulrike
U
Barataud
Delphine
D
Bouvet
Philippe
P
Grimont
Francine
F
Desenclos
Jean-Claude
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*