2011-06-22Zeitschriftenartikel
Characterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study
Bielaszewska, Martina; Mellmann, Alexander; Zhang, Wenlan; Köck, Robin; Fruth, Angelika; Bauwens, Andreas; Peters, Georg; Karch, Helge
Background: In an ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and bloody diarrhoea caused by a virulent Escherichia coli strain O104:H4 in Germany (with some cases elsewhere in Europe and North America), 810 cases ...