Update on the ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O104, Germany, May 2011

M Askar; M S Faber; C Frank; H Bernard; A Gilsdorf; A Fruth; R Prager; M Höhle; T Suess; M Wadl; G Krause; K Stark; D Werber

doi:10.2807/ese.16.22.19883-en

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Update on the ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O104, Germany, May 2011
M Askar^1,2,3 , M S Faber¹ , C Frank¹ , H Bernard¹ , A Gilsdorf¹ , A Fruth⁴ , R Prager⁴ , M Höhle¹ , T Suess¹ , M Wadl¹ , G Krause¹ , K Stark¹ , D Werber¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ² Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology (PAE, German Field Epidemiology Training Programme), Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany ³ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ⁴ National Reference Centre for Salmonella and other Bacterial Enteric Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Askar M, Faber M S, Frank C, Bernard H, Gilsdorf A, Fruth A, Prager R, Höhle M, Suess T, Wadl M, Krause G, Stark K, Werber D. Update on the ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O104, Germany, May 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(22):pii=19883. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.22.19883-en Received: 01 Jun 2011

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Abstract

Since early May 2011, a large outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been observed in Germany. The outbreak is focused in the north, but cases have been reported from all German states and other countries. Since our report last week, the number of HUS cases has increased to 470 and STEC serotype O104 has been confirmed in many cases.