Deer sausage: a newly identified vehicle of transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Five Missouri patients infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7 were studied for an epidemiologically plausible association. Case isolates, case interviews, and pathogen and meat XbaI pulsed field electrophoresis patterns were consistent with the common source being contaminated, fermented deer sausage, a previously unrecognized mode of transmission for Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Christina K
CK
Ahn
Anthony J
AJ
Russo
Karla R
KR
Howell
Nicholas J
NJ
Holt
Patricia L
PL
Sellenriek
Robert J
RJ
Rothbaum
Anne M
AM
Beck
Leon J
LJ
Luebbering
Phillip I
PI
Tarr
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003670:Deer; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008461:Meat Products / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology*