Eurosurveillance - Volume 2, Issue 12, 01 December 1997

Since they were first described, Escherichia coliO157: H7 and other related enterohaemorrhagic E. coli(EHEC) have become known as a major infectious cause of bloody diarrhoea. These E. coliproduce one or more shiga-toxins (stx) or Vero cytotoxins. Strictl

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become particularly well known in association with hospital acquired infections but is also known to have infected people in the community. We define cases of community acquired MRSA infection as the

The emergence of hospital acquired infections with bacteria resistant to antimicrobials such as vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) has become a worldwide concern. In hospitals in the United States, VRE have spread quickly and currently account for eve