Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in patients with diarrhoea in Switzerland
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_924EB556041D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in patients with diarrhoea in Switzerland
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
ISSN
0934-9723
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2002
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
21
Number
11
Pages
810-3
Notes
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Nov
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Nov
Abstract
The present study was conducted between October 1996 and October 1998 to estimate the frequency of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli among outpatients with diarrhoea in Switzerland. Among 3,041 subjects studied, 16 (0.5%) verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infections were identified. Eleven cases were in infants and children </= 6 years of age. In 15 cases, a verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strain was isolated. These strains belonged to 11 different serotypes, and only two were serogroup O157. In five cases, the infection was probably acquired outside Switzerland. Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli apparently play a minor role in the aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in adult outpatients in Switzerland, but they are important pathogens in preschool children in whom the most severe symptoms are observed.
Keywords
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Diarrhea/*epidemiology/*microbiology
Enterotoxins/analysis/*metabolism
Escherichia coli/isolation & purification/*metabolism
Escherichia coli Infections/diagnosis/*epidemiology
Female
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Incidence
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Switzerland/epidemiology
Pubmed
Web of science
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