2017-05-25Zeitschriftenartikel
Ongoing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) outbreak caused by sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017
Vygen-Bonnet, Sabine; Rosner, Bettina; Wilking, Hendrik; Fruth, Angelika; Prager, Rita; Kossow, A.; Lang, Christina; Simon, Sandra; Seidel, Juliane; Faber, Mirko; Schielke, Anika; Michaelis, Kai; Holzer, Alexandra; Kamphausen, R.; Kalhöfer, D.; Thole, S.; Mellmann, Alexander; Flieger, Antje; Stark, Klaus
We report an ongoing, protracted and geographically dispersed outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and gastroenteritis in Germany, involving 30 cases since December 2016. The outbreak was caused by the sorbitol-fermenting ...
