HUS due to a sorbitol-fermenting verotoxigenic E. coli O157 in Scotland

The Scottish Escherichia coli O157 Reference Laboratory (SERL) has reported the isolation of a sorbitol-fermenting verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) O157 strain from a 5 year old child with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) (1). No source of infection has yet been identified.