Sporadic infection caused by enterohemorrhagic d’Escherichia coli O157

F Allerberger; L Beutin; T Cheasty; G Gonedera; H Karch

doi:10.2807/esm.04.10.00053-en

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Sporadic infection caused by enterohemorrhagic d’Escherichia coli O157
F Allerberger¹ , L Beutin² , T Cheasty³ , G Gonedera⁴ , H Karch⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Federal Public Health Laboratory, Innsbruck, Austria ² Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ³ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Cordenons, Italy ⁴ PHLS Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, London, United Kingdom ⁵ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Wuerzburg, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Allerberger F, Beutin L, Cheasty T, Gonedera G, Karch H. Sporadic infection caused by enterohemorrhagic d’Escherichia coli O157. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(10):pii=53. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.10.00053-en

Abstract

In 1997 the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health established a reference laboratory for enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli at the federal public health laboratory in Innsbruck. The reference laboratory investigates sources of infection causing food poison